Al-Ahrar (Arabic: ناحية الأحرار) is a subdistrict of the An Numaniyah district in the Wasit Governorate of Iraq, on the west bank of the Tigris.

Farming is the main occupation in Al-Ahrar subdistrict due to irrigated alluvial soil.

A contract to develop Ahdab oil field was signed between Saddam Hussein's regime and CNPC in 1996, but the deal delayed after UN imposed sanctions and postponed further by the Iraq War.

[1][2] Ubaydah Bin Al Jarrah Air Base is a main Iraqi airbase located in the southern part of the Al-Ahrar subdistrict, built by Yugoslavian companies during 1980s.

Air base played a key role during the Iran–Iraq War for its location near Iranian–Iraqi borders.