Discover Safwan in Iraq
Safwan in the region of Al Başrah is a place located in Iraq - some 296 mi or ( 477 km ) South-East of Baghdad , the country's capital .
Local time in Safwan is now 08:39 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Baghdad " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Karbala, Baghdad, Basra, Bushehr, and Arak. When in this area, you might want to check out Karbala . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Safwan ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Safwan Airfield Standoff
The Safwan Airfield Standoff was a post-ceasefire standoff between the Iraqi and U.S. forces at the end of the 1991 Gulf War.
Located at 30.11 47.72 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Safwan
Safwan is a town in southeast Iraq on the border with Kuwait. It was the site of an Iraqi Air Force base.
Located at 30.12 47.72 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Safwan Air Base
Safwan Air Base is a former Iraqi Air Force base in the Basra Governorate of Iraq. It was captured by Coalition forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.
Located at 30.13 47.65 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Camp Bucca
Camp Bucca was a detention facility maintained by the United States military in the vicinity of Umm Qasr, Iraq. As of June 2011, a group of entrepreneurial Iraqis and Americans are re-building Camp Bucca as Basra Gateway, a logistics city and environmentally friendly industrial hub to lead the new Iraq into the 21st century.
Located at 30.07 47.87 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Khor Al Zubair
Khor Al Zubair is a city in Basra in Iraq, one of the major industrial areas as well as to contain the Khor Al Zubair Port on a set of laboratories and companies (such as petrochemical, fertilizer plant and South, and iron and steel plant, liquid and gas).
Located at 30.20 47.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
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