page_title: Bab Al-Sharqi
section_title: Background
hierarchical_section_title: Bab Al-Sharqi / Background
caption_attribution_description: Fighting in Sadr City, March-May 2008
context_page_description: Bab Al-Sharqi is a neighborhood of central Baghdad, Iraq. The area surrounding Bab Al-Sharqi market is a stronghold of the Mahdi Army, the main Shia militia in central Iraq.
context_section_description: This Shi'a neighborhood saw some of the most intense sectarian fighting during Operation Iraqi Freedom. It continued to be plagued by routine attacks as late as 2016.
  Bab al-Sharqi is located on the east bank of the Tigris River, near the Jumhuriya Bridge. It is directly across the river from the Ministry of Planning, Ministry of Information and the Green Zone.
caption: Bab al-Sharqi is directly across the river from the Green Zone
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