ar-Rutba
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| Coordinates | 33 ° 20 ′ N , 40 ° 14 ′ E | ||
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| Governorate | al-Anbar | ||
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| Residents | 27,879 (2012) | ||
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Ar-Rutba ( Arabic الرطبة, DMG ar-Ruṭba ) is a city in Iraq . It is located in the western part of the Iraqi governorate of al-Anbar . Ar-Rutba is located on a higher plateau. The city is located on the strategically important trunk road 11 , which connects the Iraqi capital Baghdad with the Syrian border and the Jordanian capital Amman . The Mosul – Haifa oil pipeline , which was built between 1932 and 1935 and was in operation from 1935 to 1948 , also ran through it .
history
Ar-Rutba was a stopover for the British airline Imperial Airways before the Second World War. The plane “Uiver” (“Storch”) , which took part in the MacRobertson air race , crashed on its first flight after the race 16 km south of Ar-Rutba in December 1934 , killing seven people (including Dutch media entrepreneur Dominique Willem Berretty ). During the Iraq war , the US 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment was in the place . In 2014 ar-Rutba was captured by the Islamic State organization as a result of the uprising in Anbar . In June 2014 there were further military clashes in the area between the Islamists and the Iraqi armed forces.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Saudi AramcoWorld: Flying the Furrow ( Memento of the original from October 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Fox News: Officials: Officers Staged Mock Executions, May 17, 2005
- ^ New York Times: Militants Take Major Border Post; Kerry Hints US Is Open to a New Premier , June 22, 2014
- ^ Economist: Will the jihadist tide be stemmed?
