Al-Adel is a Neighbourhood of Baghdad, Iraq. [1] It is located in Mansour district, in the portion of the city that lies west of the Tigris River.
In 2006, during the Iraqi civil war, the largely middle- and upper-class and mixed Shia- Sunni neighborhood of Al-Adel was taken over by militants linked to Al-Qaeda, forcing many Shiite residents to leave. [1] [2]
It was also the site of the kidnapping of journalist Jill Carroll in 2006, and of the residence of Adnan al-Dulaimi, a Sunni leader implicated in the kidnapping. [2] Many displaced residents were able to return in the years that followed. [2]
In 2007, Al-Adel Shopping Center became the site of large-scale gun fighting. [3]
Al-Adel is a Neighbourhood of Baghdad, Iraq. [1] It is located in Mansour district, in the portion of the city that lies west of the Tigris River.
In 2006, during the Iraqi civil war, the largely middle- and upper-class and mixed Shia- Sunni neighborhood of Al-Adel was taken over by militants linked to Al-Qaeda, forcing many Shiite residents to leave. [1] [2]
It was also the site of the kidnapping of journalist Jill Carroll in 2006, and of the residence of Adnan al-Dulaimi, a Sunni leader implicated in the kidnapping. [2] Many displaced residents were able to return in the years that followed. [2]
In 2007, Al-Adel Shopping Center became the site of large-scale gun fighting. [3]