• Safwan (Arabic: صفوان, Kurdish: سەفووان , sêfûan) is a town in southeast Iraq on the border with Kuwait. It was the site of the Safwan Air Base. The city...
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  • Safwan Abdul-Ghani Mohammed (Arabic: صفوان عبدالغني محمد; born September 9, 1983, in Iraq) is a former Iraqi football player who last played for Najaf...
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    segments near Safwan remained imprecise. Kuwait gained independence in 1961, though Iraq refused to recognise the country claiming it as part of Iraq, which...
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  • Safwan may refer to: Safwan, Iraq, a town in southeastern Iraq Safwan Hill, highest terrain feature in the region Safwan SC, a football club based in Safwan...
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    Iraq on February 8, 1991. The Gulf War cease-fire was negotiated at Safwan, Iraq on March 1, 1991, taking effect on April 11, 1991. According to former...
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  • Ṣafwān ibn Umayya (Arabic: صفوان بن أمية; died 661) was a sahabi (companion) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.: 81  He was from the Banu Jumah clan of the...
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  • Safwan ibn al-Mu'attal al-Sulami (Arabic: صَفْوَان بْنِ الْمُعَطَّل السُّلَمِيّ, romanized: Ṣafwān ibn al-Muʿaṭṭal al-Sulamī; d. 638 or 679) was a sahabi...
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    the night (with primitive GPS), into Iraq to assist in the seizure of the airfield at the City of Safwan, Iraq the next morning and the securing of that...
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  • The Safwan Airfield standoff was a post-ceasefire standoff between Iraqi and U.S. forces at the end of the 1991 Gulf War. After the ground offensive, General...
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    Safwan Hill (or Jabal Sanam) is located in Basra Governorate, southern Iraq. Safwan Hill is the highest terrain feature in the region, at approximately...
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