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The Al-Faw peninsula (Arabic: شبه جزيرة الفاو; also transliterated as Fao or Fawr) is a peninsula in the Persian Gulf, located in the extreme southeast of Iraq. The marshy peninsula is 20 km (12 mi) southeast of Iraq's third largest city, Basra , and is part of a delta for the Shatt al-Arab (Arvand Rud) river, formed by the ...
Al-Fāw (Arabic: ٱلْفَاو; sometimes transliterated as Fao) is a port town on Al-Faw Peninsula in Iraq near the Shatt al-Arab and the Persian Gulf. The Al Faw Peninsula is part of the Basra Governorate .
The Second Battle of al-Faw (also known as the Operation Ramadan Mubarak (Blessed Ramadan), fought on 17 April 1988, was a major battle of the Iran–Iraq War.After their defeat at the First Battle of al-Faw two years earlier, the newly restructured Iraqi Army conducted a major operation to clear the Iranians out of the peninsula.
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.
Complete elimination of Iranian forces in Iraq (liberating 4,400sq.km) [1] [2] [3] Renewed Iraqi invasion of Iran, resulting in the capture of dozens of towns (occupying 9,600sq.km) [2] [4] Iran's submission to a United Nations resolution regarding a ceasefire with Iraq, ultimately leading to the end of the Iran–Iraq War. [5] [6] Territorial ...
Iraq's central bank must address continued risks of the misuse of dollars at Iraqi commercial banks to avoid new punitive measures targeting the country's financial sector, a top U.S. Treasury ...
Al-Faw Palace (also known as the Water Palace, Arabic: قصر الفاو) is a palace in Baghdad, Iraq, located approximately 5 km (3.1 mi) from Baghdad International Airport. It was commissioned in the 1990s by former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein to commemorate the Iraqi military’s recapture of the Al-Faw Peninsula during the Iran–Iraq ...
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 ...