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Capture of Faw

Name: Capture of Faw – Iraq factsheet records
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Iraq · Warfare / Iran-Iraq War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1986

Saddam Hussein19 February 1986

Faw · Warfare / Iran-Iraq War

Iran captures the port of Faw & gains control of the Shatt al-Arab waterway

Names involved

Saddam Hussein

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