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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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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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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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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April of 1988, the second battle of al-Faw took place with the Iraqi military succeeding in liberating al-Faw peninsula. After the Kuwait War of 1991,...
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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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the course of the Iran–Iraq War, the division ballooned from Division to Corps size. The unit saw deployment during the Second Battle of al-Faw under the...
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Iran–Iraq War (redirect from Aftermath of the Iran–Iraq War)
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 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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Iyad Futayyih (redirect from Ayad Fayid al-Rawi)
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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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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Iraqi military, which did not prepare for an assault on the Faw Peninsula from across the Shatt Al-Arab. The integration and cooperation between the Iranian...
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1st Division (Iraq) (category Divisions of Iraq)
suffered heavy losses, and at the Second Battle of Al Faw. It was in Kuwait during the 1991 Gulf War, fought during the Battle of Khafji, and was active during...
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Maher Abdul Rashid (redirect from Maher Abd al-Rashid)
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 Second Battle of Fallujah, initially codenamed Operation Phantom Fury, Operation al-Fajr (Arabic: الفجر, lit. 'The Dawn') was an American-led offensive...
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Sarin (category Chemical weapons of the United States)
soldiers at the end of the Iran–Iraq War, helping Iraqi forces to retake control of the al-Faw Peninsula during the Second Battle of al-Faw. 1993: The United...
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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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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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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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Operation Mersad (category Military operations of the Iran–Iraq War involving the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran)
southern Iraq during the Second Battle of Al Faw and Operation Tawakalna ala Allah as well as along the central portion of the border within Iran, and...
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Field artillery (category Military history of the Ming dynasty)
Basra Second Battle of al-Faw Battle of Königsberg Battle of Stallupönen Battle of Gumbinnen Battle of Tannenberg Battle of Gnila Lipa Battle of Nà Sản...
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1st Hammurabi Armoured Division (category Armoured divisions of Iraq)
Woods (May 2008). "Iraqi Perspectives Project Phase II. Um Al-Ma'arik (The Mother of All Battles): Operational and Strategic Insights from an Iraqi Perspective...
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6th Division (Iraq) (category Divisions of Iraq)
of the Iran–Iraq War. Later in the war, it was present at the Second Battle of Al Faw of 1988 with 7th Infantry Division. It operated with IV Corps during...
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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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Iraqi chemical weapons program (category Weapons of Iraq)
waged chemical warfare against his foe. He also used chemicals in 1988 in the Al-Anfal Campaign against his civilian Kurdish population and during a popular...
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1987 Operation Nasr 4 Final stages of the war Mid-March 1988 Operation Zafar 7 April 17, 1988 Second Battle of al-Faw 1985 – 1988 Tanker War 1990 – 1991...
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HMS Ark Royal (section Battle honours)
Mediterranean 1940–1941 Bismarck 1941 Malta Convoys 1941 Al Faw 2003 This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal...
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7th Division (Iraq) (category Divisions of Iraq)
with five brigades (all active). It served in the 1991 Gulf War at the Battle of Kuwait International Airport. In 2002, it was reported to be with the...
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Balavegaya Operation Sea Breeze Iran–Iraq War Al Faw peninsula landings 1986 Gulf War 1991 Ad-Dawrah Iraq War Al-Faw Peninsula – Royal Marines amphibious assault...
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Popular Army (Iraq) (redirect from Al Jaysh ash Shaabi)
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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