Sayed Gharib (Arabic: السيد غريب), also transliterated as Sayyid Gharib or Syed Ghraib, is a village in the Dujail district of Saladin Governorate, Iraq. The village lies beside Highway 1 a few kilometres south of the city of Balad and 120 kilometres southeast of the provincial capital, Tikrit. The national capital, Baghdad, is another 80 kilometres south.
Sayyid Gharib
السيد غريب | |
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  Sayyid Gharib | |
| Coordinates: 33°55′N 44°10′E / 33.917°N 44.167°E | |
| Country | Iraq |
| Governorate | Saladin |
| District | Dujail |
Insurgency
editIn October 2009 four gunmen kidnapped five farmers in the area.[1]
In June 2010 two Sahwa militiamen were killed and another was seriously injured by an explosive at a checkpoint in the area.[2]
In July 2013 a policeman was reportedly shot by unidentified gunmen at a checkpoint.[3]
On 3 January 2015, IraqiNews, citing an anonymous security source, reported that Iraqi security forces had liberated the village from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/ISIS) militants. The source advised IraqiNews that "The security forces have managed to liberate the whole area of Sayed-Gharib, located 120 km south of Tikrit in the district of al-Dajil," adding that, "The clashes between the security forces and ISIS militants have resulted in the deaths of 7 ISIS snipers positioned inside some abandoned houses in the area."[4]
References
edit- ^ Farmers kidnapped in Salah-il-Din, National Iraqi News Agency, Oct. 29, 2009.
- ^ Sahwa elements killed, injured in southern Tikrit, National Iraqi News Agency, June 14, 2010.
- ^ A policeman killed, south of Tikrit, National Iraqi News Agency, July 26, 2013.
- ^ "Security forces liberate Sayed-Gharib, kill 7 ISIS snipers in clashes". Iraq news, the latest Iraq news. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
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