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Explore Al Karyan in Iraq

Al Karyan in the region of Al Başrah is a town in Iraq - some 290 mi or ( 467 km ) South-East of Baghdad , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Al Karyan is now 01:33 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Baghdad " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Maqdah, Karbala, Baghdad, Al Guraitiya, and Basra. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Maqdah . Where to go and what to see in Al Karyan ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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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.

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Located at 30.13 47.65 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Closed facilities of the United States Air Force in Iraq, Iraqi Air Force bases

Safwan

Safwan is a town in southeast Iraq on the border with Kuwait. It was the site of an Iraqi Air Force base.

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Located at 30.12 47.72 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Populated places in Basra Province

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.

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Located at 30.11 47.72 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: 1991 in Iraq, Battles and conflicts without fatalities, Gulf War

Az Zubayr

Az Zubayr or Zubair, is a town in Basra Governorate in Iraq, just south of Basra The name is also sometimes written Az Zubair, Zubair, Zoubair, El Zubair, or Zobier.

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Located at 30.38 47.70 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Tags: District capitals of Iraq, Former emirates, Populated places in Basra Province

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.

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Located at 30.07 47.87 (Lat./Long.); Less than 24 km away
Tags: Closed military facilities of the United States in Iraq, Human rights abuses, Prisoner-of-war camps, Prisons in Iraq