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War in Iraq (2013-2017) Syrian civil war Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas Forces ( Arabic : قوات أبو الفضل العباس Quwwat ‘Ābū al-Faḍl al-‘Abbās ), officially named the Qaeda Quwwat Abu Fadl al-Abbas , is a Shiite militia operating in Iraq, formed following the June 2014 ISIL advances.
The Scud missiles obtained by Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War did not prove helpful as the range of the missiles were only 300 km (190 mi) and could not reach the Iranian capital Tehran. [1] The Iraqis would then develop the Al-Hussein missile and later on make the al-Abbas missile which would have an even longer range.
On 19 May 2014, fighters from the Nour al-Din al-Zanki Brigade claimed to have taken over the al-Abbas Brigade's regional headquarters in Aleppo. [17] As the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant made significant gains in Iraq in mid-2014, many its Iraqi members returned home to defend the faltering government in Baghdad. [18]
al-Husayn (Arabic: الحسین, romanized: al-Ḥusayn) was a short-range ballistic missile developed in Ba'athist Iraq. An upgraded version of Scud missile , the al-Husayn was widely used by the Iraqi Army during the Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988) and the Persian Gulf War (1990–1991).
Notable ballistic missiles of Iraq produced under Saddam were Al Hussein, Ababil, Al-Samoud 2, Al Hijarah, and Al-Fahd. Other uncompleted or abandoned ballistic missile projects included Badr 2000, Al-Abbas, and Al-Tammuz. Other Iraqi munitions projects included Lion of Babylon tank, infrared and television-guided bombs and laser-guided missiles.
This article is a list of armed groups involved in the War in Iraq (2013–2017). Part of the Iraqi conflict , the war escalated in 2013 , following a 2011–2013 insurgency and the rise of the Islamic State .
The 2007 Al Abbas mosque bombing occurred on April 28, 2007 when a suicide car bomb exploded in front of the al-‘Abbās Mosque in Karbala, Iraq. at least 58 people and injured about 170 in the Iraqi city of Karbala. [1] The bomb exploded near the golden-domed mosque. [2] Karbala is considered the second most important shrine city for the Shia.
The Al-Abbas Shrine (Arabic: حَرَم أَبا الْفَضْل الْعَبَّاس, romanized: Ḥaram ʿAba al-Faḍl al-ʿAbbās) is the mausoleum of Abbas ibn Ali and a mosque, located near the Imam Husayn Mosque in Karbala, Iraq. Abbas was son of Ali ibn Abi Talib and the half-brother of Imam Hasan and Imam Husayn.