Haditha (, al-Haditha) is a city in the western IraqiAl Anbar Governorate, about northwest of Baghdad. It is a farming town situated on the Euphrates River at . Its population of around 25,700 people, predominantly Sunni MuslimArabs. The city lies near the Buhayrat al Qadisiyyah, an artificial lake which was created by the building of the Haditha Dam, the largest hydroelectric facility in Iraq. In September 2014, the Islamic State tried to capture the dam, but was stopped by US airstrikes. The dam and the town remain under the control of the Iraqi Security Forces.