Al-Ba'aj

Al-Ba'aj
بعاج (Arabic)
Al-Ba'aj
Coordinates: 36°3′N 41°43′E / 36.050°N 41.717°E / 36.050; 41.717Coordinates: 36°3′N 41°43′E / 36.050°N 41.717°E / 36.050; 41.717
Country  Iraq
Governorate Ninawa
District Al-Ba'aj
Occupation Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Elevation[1] 310 m (1,017 ft)
Time zone AST (UTC+3)

Ba'aj (Arabic: بعاج‎) is a city in the Al-Ba'aj District of Ninawa Governorate, Iraq.

The leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, was confirmed to have been seriously wounded in the city by an attack in March 2015.[2]

It is mainly populated by Sunni Arabs.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.tiptopglobe.com/city?i=1044810&n=Baaj
  2. ↑ http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/isis-leader-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-seriously-wounded-in-air-strike/ar-AAbr3tg
  3. ↑ "Retaking Sinjar trumps the killing of “Jihadi John”". The Economist. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, January 15, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.