The Battle of Baqubah II took place during the Iraq War in the capital of the Iraqi province Diyala, to the north-east of Baghdad. It began in early March 2007, when U.S. and Iraqi forces commenced preliminary operations to "establish a presence in Diyala beyond their Forward Operating Base".
Soldiers assigned to the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, have a short meeting at an airfield in Baqouba, Iraq before an air assault into an outlying village of the city, 18 June 2007.
Soldiers from the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, conduct operations in Buhriz, 20 March 2007
A soldier assigned to the 1st Platoon, Company B, 1-12 Combined Arms Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, guards a street in the neighborhood of Tahrir in Baqubah, Iraq, 28 March 2007
A team leader with Operation Arrowhead Ripper pulls security as an Iraqi man speaks to an interpreter, 19 June, in a village in the outskirts of Baqubah, 19 June 2007.
Diyala Governorate or Diyala Province is a governorate in northeastern Iraq.
Diyala river
U.S. Army and Iraqi soldiers maneuver through palm groves in pursuit of insurgents in Diyala (2010)
Districts of the Diyala Governorate