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Ar-Rutbah (Arabic: الرطبة ar-Ruṭba, also Romanized Rutba, Rutbah) is an Iraqi town in western Al Anbar province, completely inhabited with Sunni Arabs. The population is approximately 28,400. It occupies a strategic location on the Amman–Baghdad road, and the Kirkuk–Haifa oil pipeline. Considered a "wet spot", it receives 114.3 mm ...
On May 17, the commander of Anbar Operations, Major General Hadi Rseg announced that Iraqi Army fully recaptured Ar-Rutbah, and the surrounding areas in the Ar-Rutbah District. [10] During the clashes, at least 4 Iraqi soldiers were killed and 5 more were wounded, [3] and around 100 ISIL fighters were killed. [4] The town is of strategic value ...
In the morning on the day of the 11 May, the Arab Legion column arrived and garrisoned the fort whilst Casson's armoured cars continued to fight remnants of the Iraqi Desert Police's forces. [2] During the day, James Joseph Kingstone , the commander of Kingcol , along with some of his staff and a protective troop of the Blues and Royals and ...
On May 16, the Iraqi Army launched an offensive to recapture the town of Ar-Rutbah, and the rest of the Ar-Rutba District. [147] The Iraqi Army attacked the town from three directions. [ 148 ] A US official stated that Ar-Rutbah wasn't as well defended by ISIL as Ramadi or Fallujah, and that there were 100 to several hundred ISIL militants ...
At 1:20 am AST on 26 January 2005 a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter (164536), code named Sampson 22 [5] from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361 was ferrying a platoon of U.S. Marines from the 3rd Marine Division in Al-Anbar province, Iraq near the town of Ar-Rutbah, about seventy miles from the Jordanian border when it encountered a sandstorm.
Ar-Rutba District (Arabic: قضاء الرطبة) is the largest district by area in Al Anbar Governorate also the largest in the entirety of Iraq, covering 93,445 km 2, and the least populated in relative and absolute terms in Anbar Governorate, with a population of 47,040 or 0.5112 per km 2. [1]
The main settlement in Wadi Hauran is Ar-Rutbah, an Iraqi town and seat of Ar-Rutba District. Its name means 'wet land' in Arabic because it can receive 114.3 mm of rain per year. Its total current population is 22,370 inhabitants, all of them Arabs and Sunnis. People earn their living by agriculture and small business. [8]
From February to September 2005, 2nd LAR Battalion(-) deployed to Ar Rutbah, Iraq with H&S Co., Bravo Co., and Charlie Co.. Primarily based out of FOB Korean Village, the 2nd LAR Battalion conducted aggressive patrolling and MSR security throughout western Al Anbar Province and in and around the cities of Ar Rutbah, Akashat, Al Qaim, Haditha ...