Husaybah

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Iraqis in the predominantly Sunni city of Husaybah, wait in lines to vote, during the national election, December 15. Just a few weeks earlier, Soldiers and Marines battled insurgents in this city, located along the Syrian border.
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Iraqis in the predominantly Sunni city of Husaybah, wait in lines to vote, during the national election, December 15. Just a few weeks earlier, Soldiers and Marines battled insurgents in this city, located along the Syrian border.

Husaybah (Arabic: حسيبة) is an Iraqi city situated along the Euphrates River on the Syrian border. Traditionally housing as many as 300,000, it currently has only approximately 15,000 residents, chiefly Sunnis.

This city in the Al Anbar region of Iraq is currently patrolled by United States Marines, and is the location of Camp Gannon, a US military base, as well as several battle positions.

Following Operation Steel Curtain, in which US Marines and Iraqi Army units swept the city of insurgents, the streets have been secured by a combination of Iraqi Army and Marine forces.

The December elections were the first free elections held in the city since before the beginning of Saddam Hussein's regime, and boasted a voter turnout (both male and female) of over 70 percent.

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