Tikrit
Tigris River city
Tikrit is a city in northern Iraq on the Tigris River, about 140 kilometers north of Baghdad.
It served as the hometown and power base of Saddam Hussein, whose regime drew heavily from Tikrit's tribal networks.
The city gained international attention during the 2003 Iraq War and subsequent conflict: Coalition forces captured Tikrit in April 2003.
Twelfth-century sultan, Jerusalem's captor
- BaghdadIraqi seat of government
- MosulIraqi city on Tigris
- EuphratesMajor Iraqi river
- TigrisWestern Asian river
governorate · province · Iraqi · Sunni · Baathist · Triangle · Nineveh
Arabic name meaning good-looking
- birthplaceLocation of one's birth
- hometownOne's place of origin
- palaceMonarch's official residence
- statueThree-dimensional sculpted likeness
regime · dictator · capture · spider hole · loyalist · tribe
Levantine jihadist organization
- battleArmed military engagement
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- liberationRelease from constraint
- 2014Four-digit date
2015 · insurgency · offensive · recapture · militia · Shia · coalition · airstrike
Ancient Mesopotamian people
- MesopotamiaTigris-Euphrates river region
- archaeologicalOf studying ancient remains
- historicalOf documented times
- citadelFortified urban stronghold
Saladin
Twelfth-century sultan, Jerusalem's captor
Tigris · governorate · province · Iraqi · Sunni · Baathist · Triangle · Nineveh
Hussein
Arabic name meaning good-looking
- birthplaceLocation of one's birth
- hometownOne's place of origin
- palaceMonarch's official residence
statue · regime · dictator · capture · spider hole · loyalist · tribe
ISIS
Levantine jihadist organization
- battleArmed military engagement
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- liberationRelease from constraint
2014 · 2015 · insurgency · offensive · recapture · militia · Shia · coalition · airstrike · sectarian
Assyrian
Ancient Mesopotamian people
- MesopotamiaTigris-Euphrates river region
- archaeologicalOf studying ancient remains
- historicalOf documented times
- IraqBaghdad, Basra, Mosul, Fallujah, Kurdistan
- Conflict ZonesGaza, Ukraine, Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq
- Famous BirthplacesBethlehem, Nazareth, Salzburg, Stratford-upon-Avon, Mecca
- War on TerrorOsama bin Laden, IED, Guantanamo, regime change, troop surge
- Saddam's IraqSaddam Hussein, Republican Guard, Baghdad, fedayeen, secret police
- MesopotamiaBabylon, Sumer, Tigris, Mesopotamia, Euphrates