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    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...
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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...
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    Al-Faw Palace (also known as the Water Palace, Arabic: قصر الفاو) is a palace located in Baghdad approximately 5 km (3.1 mi) from the Baghdad International...
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    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...
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    Qaryat Al Faw (Arabic: قرية الفاو) was the capital of the first Kindah kingdom. It is located about 100 km south of Wadi ad-Dawasir, and about 700 km southwest...
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    The Battle of Al Faw was one of the first battles of the Iraq War; it took place March 20-24, 2003. One of the initial objectives of the Coalition campaign...
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  • Qaryat al-Faw Al-Ukhdūd Mada'in Saleh Jubbah Al-Shuwayḥaṭiyah Thāj Dūmat al-Jandal Tarout Island Al-'Ula Tayma Thirteen ancient towns have been discovered...
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  • The Grand Faw Port (Arabic: ميناء الفاو الكبير) (Romanized: mina'a al faw al kabir) is a port under construction on the coast of Iraq, on the northern...
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    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...
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    Shatt al-Arab is formed by the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers at Al-Qurnah, and flows into the Persian Gulf south of the city of Al-Faw. 3...
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  • Al Faw is a district of Al Qadarif state, Sudan. "Districts of Sudan". statoids. Retrieved 29 December 2018. "list of districts of Sudan" (PDF). Download...
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  • Battle of Al Faw may refer to one of the following: First Battle of Al Faw, February 1986, a battle of the Iran-Iraq War Second Battle of Al Faw, April 1986...
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    offensive to capture the al-Faw peninsula in southern Iraq, the only area touching the Persian Gulf. The capture of Al Faw and Umm Qasr was a major goal...
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  • lobbying group FAW Group, a Chinese automotive manufacturing company Al-Faw Peninsula, a marshy region adjoining the Persian Gulf Al-Faw, a small port...
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    July 2016. Al-Jallad, Ahmad (January 2014). "Al-Jallad. 2014. On the genetic background of the Rbbl bn Hfʿm grave inscription at Qaryat al-Fāw". BSOAS....
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    lasting until July 1988. Iraq had originally only intended to retake the al-Faw peninsula it had lost to Iran, but following the battles' extraordinary...
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  • Al-Faw District may refer to the following places: Al-Faw District, Basra Governorate, a district in the Basra Governorate in Iraq Al Faw District, Al...
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  • Al-Faw Port is an Iraqi port. It lies in Basrah and is situated on the Persian Gulf. It is an oil port. v t e v t e...
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    district. Other districts of Basra include Al-Qurna, Al-Zubair, Al-Midaina, Shatt Al-Arab, Abu Al-Khaseeb and Al-Faw located on the Persian Gulf. It is the...
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    Kufa (redirect from Al Kufah)
    Kufa (Arabic: الْكُوفَة “al-Kūfah”), also spelled Kufah, is a city in Iraq, about 170 kilometres (110 mi) south of Baghdad, and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)...
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    Yassin Ramadan became Vice President of Iraq in 1991. The First Battle of Al-Faw, fought on February 11, 1986, was a battle of the Iran–Iraq War. The Iranians...
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  • In response to the loss of the strategic al-Faw Peninsula during the Iran–Iraq War, the Iraqis pushed into Iran to seize the strategic Iranian city of...
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  • Al-Faw Sport Club (Arabic: نادي الفاو الرياضي) is an Iraqi football team based in Al-Faw, Basra, that plays in Iraqi Second Division League. Ali Musa Ali...
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    the border and raiding Iraqi towns. As in Al Faw, the SEALs found their DPVs (the SEAL unit at the al-Faw MMS lost all but two DPVs when they were bogged...
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    30°05′36″N 48°12′45″E / 30.09346°N 48.21259°E / 30.09346; 48.21259 Al-Faw District (Arabic: قضاء الفاو) is a district of the Basra Governorate in Iraq...
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    Hillah (redirect from Al Ḩillah)
    Hillah (Arabic: ٱلْحِلَّة al-Ḥillah), also spelled Hilla, is a city in central Iraq on the Hilla branch of the Euphrates River, 100 km (62 mi) south of...
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    Basra (redirect from Al-Basrah)
    at the port of Umm Qasr. However, there is ongoing construction of Grand Faw Port on the coast of Basra, which is considered a national project for Iraq...
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    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...
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    Major General Qais Abd al-Razaq. 2nd al-Medinah al-Munawera Armoured Division 3rd Tawakalna ala-Allah Mechanised Division 4th Al Faw Motorized Infantry Division...
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    both his public criticism and his failure to remove the Iranians from the al-Faw peninsula. Aware that an order to return to Baghdad was probably a death...
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