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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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    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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  • Battle of Al Faw may refer to: First Battle of al-Faw (1986), during the Iran–Iraq War Second Battle of al-Faw (1988), during the Iran–Iraq War Battle...
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    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...
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    of Iranian control during the Iran-Iraq War. In February of 1986 the first battle of al-Faw took place which concluded with Iranian units capturing the...
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  • became known as the first Battle of Al-Faw), across the Shatt al-Arab (Arvand rud in Persian) waterway and seized the strategic al-Faw Peninsula. The Iraqi...
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    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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    due to Iranian shortages of armor. By this time, 17,000 Iraqis and 30,000 Iranians were casualties. The First Battle of al-Faw ended in March, but heavy...
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    the First Battle of al-Faw in February 1986. In a US bid to open full diplomatic relations with Iraq, the country was removed from the US list of State...
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    Qasem Soleimani (category Recipients of the Order of Fath)
    the Battle of Amirli, providing liaisons for intelligence-sharing along with arms, munitions and expertise. In the operation to liberate Jurf Al Sakhar...
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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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  • the First Battle of al-Faw, which was successful in capturing the strategic Al-Faw Peninsula. According to Iranian sources, Iraqi General Maher Abd al-Rashid...
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  • Kamel Sajid (category Governors of Muthanna Governorate)
    At the time of the First Battle of Al Faw Kamel was in command of the I Corps, having earlier commanded a division of the Republican Guard. Kamel was...
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    Husayn Kharrazi (category Recipients of the Order of Fath)
    captured troops of Saddam's Republican Guard in al-Faw Peninsula; and in Operation Karbala-5 (also known as the Siege of Basra) commander of the vanguard...
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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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    Republican Guard (Iraq) (category Military units and formations of Iraq)
    Operations which, allowed for the eviction of the Iranians out of occupied Iraqi territory including the liberation of Al-Faw, as well as allowing for renewed major...
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  • Hamid Taqavi (category Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps personnel of the Iran–Iraq War)
    Iran. He fought in some operations and battles in the war including Operation Kheibar and First Battle of al-Faw, where his father and brother were killed...
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    Persian Gulf south of the city of Al-Faw. It receives the Karun at Khorramshahr. 3,000 years ago, the Persian Gulf was larger and the Shatt al-Arab had not...
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    Night combat (redirect from Night battle)
    In the First Battle of al-Faw in 1986, during the late stages of the Iran–Iraq War, one of the elements that contributed to the success of Iranians...
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    Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also This article lists all the battles that...
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    Tawakalna ala Allah Operations (category Battles of the Iran–Iraq War)
    of five highly successful Iraqi offensives launched in April 1988 and lasting until July 1988. Iraq had originally only intended to retake the al-Faw...
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  • attack February 9 – 25, 1986 Operation Dawn 8 February 11, 1986 First Battle of al-Faw December 25–27, 1986 Operation Karbala-4 January 8 – February 26...
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    5th Division (Iraq) (category Divisions of Iraq)
    General Al-Kaabi, and were frustrated in their attempts to have him removed." The division was certified and assume responsibility for battle space in...
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    The First Battle of Fallujah, code-named Operation Vigilant Resolve, was an operation against militants in Fallujah as well as an attempt to apprehend...
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    February 25, 1,986 C.E. Operation Dawn 8 February 11, 1,986 C.E. First Battle of al-Faw December 25, 1,986 C.E. — 27 December 1,986 C.E. Operation Karbala-4...
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    contributing to the Iraqi defeat in the First Battle of al-Faw in February 1986. Reports of Iraq's use of chemical weapons against Iran reached the...
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    10th Division (Iraq) (category Divisions of Iraq)
    T-72 and T-62 tanks. It engaged American and British forces during the Battle of Norfolk. The U.S. 3rd Armored Division engaged an Iraqi 10th Armoured...
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  • Times. Yaghoub Fazeli. (20 January 2020). "Iran’s IRGC appoints new Quds Force deputy commander". Al Arabiya website Retrieved 3 February 2020. v t e...
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    Layla Salih (category University of Baghdad alumni)
    the University of Mosul. Salih's oldest brother, Nadhim, was killed during the First Battle of al-Faw in 1986. She lost a brother to an al-Qaeda bomb in...
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    1942, and died of a stroke in Baghdad on May 18, 2018. He served as commander of the Republican Guard forces at the Second Battle of al-Faw, which comprised...
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