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The Grand Faw Port (Arabic: ميناء الفاو الكبير) is a port under construction on the coast of Iraq, in proximity of the city of Al-Faw, on the northern tip of the Gulf. The port is meant to be the southern terminal of the Iraq Development Road, and is considered a strategic national project for Iraq. It is planned to become one ...
U.S. Marines patrolling the streets of Al-Faw in October 2003. The town, as well as the whole Faw Peninsula, was the scene of armed conflict during World War I, the Iran–Iraq War, the Persian Gulf War, and the Iraq War due to its strategic position at the entrance of the Shatt al-Arab.
The First Battle of al-Faw was a battle of the Iran–Iraq War, fought on the al-Faw peninsula between 10 February and 10 March 1986. The Iranian operation is considered to be one of Iran's greatest achievements in the Iran–Iraq War.
The Battle of Al Faw began on 20 March 2003 and continued for four days, as part of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. One of the initial objectives of the Coalition was to capture every GOPLAT (gas and oil platform) in the Al-Faw Peninsula before they could be sabotaged or destroyed by the Iraqi military.
The Iraq War (Arabic: حرب العراق, romanized: ḥarb al-ʿirāq), also referred to as the Second Gulf War, [83] [84] was a prolonged conflict in Iraq lasting from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion by a United States-led coalition , which resulted in the overthrow of the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein .
During the Iran–Iraq War in the 1980s, al-Faw was bitterly contested due to its strategic location at the head of the disputed Shatt al-Arab waterway and was the site of many large-scale battles. On February 11, 1986, the Iranians capitalized on the weakness of the Iraqi defences located at the southernmost tip of the peninsula by launching a ...
After the Iraq war ended, Basra experienced a period of prosperity and development, with numerous reconstruction projects funded by foreign investments. A large number of megaprojects are being developed around Basra, such as the Grand Faw Port, which have gained global attention. Today, the majority of its population consists of Arab Shia Muslims.
List of ports in Iraq. 1 language. ... Grand Faw Port; Khor Al Amaya Oil Terminal; Khor Al Zubair Port; Port of Basra; Umm Qasr Port This page was last ...