Anbar (town) - Wikipedia
网页Anbar (Arabic: الأنبار, romanized: al-Anbār, Syriac: ܐܢܒܐܪ, romanized: Anbar [2]) was an ancient and medieval town in central Iraq. It played a role in the Roman–Persian Wars of the 3rd–4th centuries, and briefly became the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate before the founding of Baghdad in 762.
Al Anbar Governorate - Wikipedia
网页Al Anbar Governorate (Arabic: محافظة الأنبار; muḥāfaẓat al-’Anbār), or Anbar Province, is the largest governorate in Iraq by area. Encompassing much of the country's western territory, it shares borders with Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. The population is …
Anbar | Iraq, Map, & History | Britannica
网页Anbar, ancient Mesopotamian town located on the left bank of the Euphrates River, just north of the modern city of Fallujah and downstream from Al-Ramādī, in central Iraq. Originally called Massice and Fairuz Sapur (Pērōz-Shāpūr), it was destroyed by the Roman emperor Julian in 363 ce .
The Harsh Lessons of Anbar: Insurgency, the Awakening, and the …
网页2021年5月7日 · In late 2003, Anbar became ground zero for the insurgency in Iraq—the locale for an unlikely coalition of the disaffected: former Ba’athists, Islamists, foreign fighters, tribal warriors, and a pool of impoverished young men looking to vent their humiliation against the United States as a perceived invader.
Al Anbar Governorate - WikiMili, The Best Wikipedia Reader
网页2024年7月3日 · Al Anbar Governorate (Arabic: محافظة الأنبار ; muḥāfaẓat al-’Anbār), or Anbar Province, is the largest governorate in Iraq by area. Encompassing much of the country's western territory, it shares borders with Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. The population is mostly Sunni Arabs.
After Years as a Battleground, Investment Boom Lifts Iraqi City
网页2021年7月10日 · Anbar, which borders Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Syria, is known for businesspeople who made fortunes in transportation, construction and other fields.
Anbar’s Journey to Stability - The Global Coalition Against Daesh
网页2021年2月23日 · Anbar is Iraq’s largest and most scarcely populated province. Its swathes of desert and long borders with Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Syria proved the ideal breeding ground for Daesh as the group grew rapidly in strength and prowess, culminating in their seizure of Anbar’s capital, Ramadi, in May 2015.
U.S. Hands Off Pacified Anbar, Once Heart of Iraq Insurgency
网页2008年9月2日 · Anbar Province, a flat, Wyoming-size desert split by the Euphrates River, became the most intractable region following the toppling of Saddam Hussein in April 2003. More than 1,000 American...
Anbar tribes key to security, political backing ahead of Iraq's …
网页2021年4月22日 · Following the introduction of a new electoral law and with many of the region’s population still looking more toward their tribes for protection than the central government, Iraq’s Sunni-dominant Anbar province is likely to be highly affected by tribal relations and figures in the October elections.
Anbar’s hidden war | ISIL/ISIS - Al Jazeera
网页2015年5月7日 · Anbar is a Sunni province and the Sunni tribes who are pro-government are crying out for weapons and support to fight ISIL. They claim they’ve defeated ISIL before in 2008, when the group was...