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), is a suburb district of the city of Baghdad, Iraq.

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 Mahdi Army in Baghdad.

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 additional brigade combat teams into Baghdad and extended the deployments of …

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 battle, Sadr City contained an estimated population of between 1.6 to 2.4 million residents.

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. Sadr City presents one of the biggest security challenges for U.S. forces in Baghdad.

Jan 22, 2018 · An ISIS bomb blast killed 76 inside Sadr City in August, 2015 and the city’s members quickly mobilized to seal its borders from another infiltration.

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, 2004, and troops...

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 defining moment during the Iraq War. It highlighted the courage of our troops and the strategic importance of urban warfare.

Jan 15, 2014 · In late March 2008, a Shi'a uprising in Baghdad's Sadr City district challenged the authority of the Government of Iraq (GoI) at its heart. The Jaish al Mahdi (JAM) overran GoI outposts in the district and barraged the International Zone with short-range rockets.

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 Saddam...