Sadr City (Arabic: مدينة الصدر, romanized: Madīnat aṣ-Ṣadr), formerly known as Al-Thawra (Arabic: الثورة, romanized: aṯ-Ṯawra) and Saddam City (Arabic: مدينة صدام, romanized: Madīnat Ṣaddām), …

The siege of Sadr City was a blockade of the Shi'a district of northeastern Baghdad carried out by US and Iraqi government forces in an attempt to destroy the main power base of the insurgent …

Jan 14, 2025 · The Battle of Sadr City took place fifteen months after the start of the US “surge” in Iraq, of which the Baghdad Security Plan was a key element. The United States sent five …

Jan 31, 2019 · Sadr City is a dense Shiite area in eastern Baghdad whose boundaries with adjacent Sunni-dominated neighborhoods represent sectarian fault lines. At the time of the …

Sadr City was built in 1959 and unofficially named for Ayatollah Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr, the highly-revered Shi’a cleric who was assassinated by the Saddam Hussein’s regime in 1999. …

After supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr storm the Iraqi parliament, a Chatham House survey of residents in Baghdad’s Sadr City gives a rare insight into the actions and motivations of the …

Nov 2, 2017 · Sadr City Attack On U.S. Troops Retold In 'The Long Road Home' E.J. Bonilla as Lt. Shane Aguero leading the cast of soldiers at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas. It was April 4th, …

Jan 14, 2025 · In 2008, a surge in violence from an Iraqi militia called the Jaysh al-Mahdi—better known to coalition forces as JAM—broke out in Baghdad. It was, in part, a response to an Iraqi …

Sep 1, 2023 · When you talk about heroism, dedication and the might of the American military, one battle that instantly commands respect is the Battle of Sadr City. This conflict was a …

Sadr City (Saddam City/Al Thawra) Baghdad, Iraq. Once known as Saddam City, then as Al Thawra, Sadr City is named for the Imam Mohammed Sadr, an Iraqi religious leader killed by …