Lake Habbaniyah

Lake Habbaniyah ( Buḥayrat al-Ḥabbāniya) is a lake located halfway between Ramadi and Fallujah near Al-Taqaddum (TQ) Air Base in Al Habbaniyah in Anbar Province, Iraq. In the late 1930s and 1940s Lake Habbaniyah was used by Imperial Airways as a refueling point and hotel for flying boats flying from the United Kingdom to India. Nearby on the banks of the Euphrates had already been established the Royal Air Force airbase of RAF Dhibban, later renamed RAF Habbaniya. It was the scene of action during the Rashid Ali rebellion Anglo-Iraqi War when the RAF trainee aircrew and troops stationed there effectively sawed off the besieging Iraqi troops and subsequent German aerial attacks. See also 123 Signals Unit RAF Al Taqaddum - TQ RAF Habbaniya Lake Tharthar Lake Milh Lake Qadisiyah Mosul Dam List of dams and reservoirs in Iraq Wildlife of Iraq