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Jalawla

Diyala Governorate, Iraq
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About Jalawla

Jalula is a metropolis in Diyala Governorate, Iraq. It is placed on the Diyala River 8 km north of Al-Sadiyah. The Battle of Jalula occurred in the metropolis between the Sassanid Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate soon after the conquest of Ctesiphon. Historian Ibn al-Athir reports that the Persian losses in Jalawla reached a hundred,000 and the useless our bodies has "Jellat" filled the floor so the vicinity have become called Jalawla. In 2013 it had an predicted populace of some 80,000 human beings. According to a tribal elder, the town is approximately 80% Sunni Arab, and 20% Sunni Turkmen.

From August to November 2014 the town turned into mainly under the manage of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and local Arab tribes which seized the town from the Popular Mobilization Forces Iraq in Kurdistan Regional Government in August 2014. On 23 November 2014, the Kurdish Peshmerga recaptured the complete metropolis. Following the events of October 2017 the Iraqi army in conjunction with the PMU forces took manipulate of the town after the Peshmerga fled during authorities advances into disputed areas.

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