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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 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 ...
Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal on 11 Nov. 2005. Khor Al Amaya Oil Terminal is an Iraqi oil port.It lies southeast of the Al Faw peninsula in the Persian Gulf.Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal is commonly referred to as "KAAOT" and it, along with its sister terminal, the Al Basrah Oil Terminal or "ABOT", provides platforms from which a large majority of Iraq's oil can be exported.
A petite woman in a gold brocade robe appears on stage in a smoke-filled Baghdad club. This is the magic of Sajda Obeid, an Iraqi singer of Roma origins. At her Monday night concert at the ...
The terminals maintain strict security and are guarded by both the Iraqi Navy and Marines. On April 30, 2009, the Iraqi Navy assumed control of the Khawr al ‘Amīyah Oil Terminal [29] and on July 26, 2011, they assumed control of ABOT as well. [30] [31]
Throughout the day repeated troops of Iraqi tanks attacked C Squadron's CR2's who called in F-18 and A-10 air support to destroy them, A company boarded 6 Sea King helicopters and flew to a forward position to protect 8 Battery, 29 Commando, Royal Artillery as it moved its 105 mm guns to within firing range of the Iraqi armoured brigade's ...
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 ...