Population: 22,400 Located in the Anbar province in the western part of the country it is completely inhabited by Sunni Muslims. It is strategically located on the Amman-Baghdad road and the Kirkuk-Haifa oil pipeline. It has also been described as, “the most isolated town of any size in Iraq.” Starting in 2014 there has been much fighting in this region between ISIS, the locals, the Iraqi army, the coalition air force, and even the Syrian air force. “Let him turn away from ev

Situated on the banks of the Euphrates River, this city was once home to many displaced Armenian’s after the Ottoman Empire forced them...

One of Shi’a Islam’s most holy cities (the other is Karbala), Najaf is home to the shrine of Ali.