Official Name: | Hibhib |
Other Name: | (Arabic: هبهب) |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Iraq |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Balad Ruz's location inside Iraq |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Iraq |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Diyala |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Khalis |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | Arabian Time |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 33.7833°N 74°W |
Hibhib (Arabic: ناحية هبهب, Hibhib Village) is a village in Iraq, located 8km (05miles) northwest of Baquba. It is predominantly Sunni Muslim Arab.[1]
The former leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, Jordanian-born militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, maintained a safehouse in the village.[2] On June 7, 2006, while meeting in the safehouse with his spiritual adviser, he was bombed and killed by U.S.-led coalition aircraft.[3]