Saqlawiyah

As Saqlāwīyah (Arabic: الصقلاوية, romanized: aṣ-Ṣaqlāwīyah) is a city in Al Anbar Governorate, in central Iraq.

Due to its proximity to the major freeway, there are many shops along the road that cater to the transient crowds.

[1] In 2016, during the Siege of Fallujah and Operation Breaking Terrorism, there was intense fighting in the area between the Iraqi army and ISIL militants.

[2] On 4 June, Iraqi forces captured the town of Saqlawiyah, conducting searches for numerous IEDs left by ISIL.

[3] In the aftermath of the recapture of the town, as many as 643 Sunni tribesmen from Saqlawiyah were abducted, tortured, and extrajudicially killed by the state-backed Shia militia Kata’ib Hezbollah in a massacre.