Al Khalis, Khalis or Al Khales is a village roughly 15 kilometers (9 mi) North of Baqubah

Baqubah

Baqubah is the capital of Iraq's Diyala Governorate.The city is located some to the northeast of Baghdad, on the Diyala River. In 2003 it had an estimated population of some 467,900 people....

 in one of the six districts of the Diyala Governorate. It is a Shia enclave village that is surrounded by Sunni towns and villages.

The Khalis district houses the Mujahedin-e Khalq (PMOI, MEK, MKO) in Camp Ashraf

Camp Ashraf

Camp Ashraf or Ashraf City is situated northeast of the Iraqi town of Khalis, about 120 kilometers west of the Iranian border and 60 kilometers north of Baghdad, and is the seat of the People's Mujahedin of Iran in Iraq...

. They are currently being protected by the U.S. military and Bulgarian Army

Military of Bulgaria

The Military of Bulgaria, officially the Bulgarian Army represents the Armed Forces of the Republic of Bulgaria. The Commander-in-Chief is the President of Bulgaria . The Ministry of Defence is in charge of political leadership while military command remains in the hands of the General Staff,...

, on Forward Operating Base Grizzly

Forward Operating Base Grizzly

FOB Grizzly is a US Army Forward Operating Base located within Camp Ashraf, Iraq. It is near Al Khalis, approximately 20 kilometers west of the Iranian border and 60 kilometers north of Baghdad....

. Ashraf City residents are all considered as "protected persons," under the Fourth Geneva Convention.

Khalis means A person with the transparent character, It also defines the word KHALSA in Sikh community (a name given by 10th Guru in sikhism history).