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Failaka Island (Arabic: فيلكا
Faylakah / Fēlaka;
Kuwaiti Arabic: فيلچا /fe:lɪt͡ʃə/) is a
Kuwaiti Island in the
Persian Gulf. The
island is 20 km off the...
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Ikaros (Gr****: Ἴκαρος) was the ****enistic name for what is now the
Failaka Island of Kuwait. It is
located 50
kilometres (31 mi)
southeast of the spot...
- The
Battle of
Failaka broke out
between the
Kuwaiti garrison of
Failaka Island and
attacking Iraqi forces during the
Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait, on 2 August...
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September 11
attacks of 2001. The
Marines were on a
training exercise on
Failaka Island, an
island off the
coast of Kuwait. One U.S.
Marine was
killed and...
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first settled in the
Kuwaiti island of
Failaka in 2000 B.C.
Traders from the
Sumerian city of Ur
inhabited Failaka and ran a
mercantile business. The island...
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first settled in the
Kuwaiti island of
Failaka in 2000 BC
Traders from the
Sumerian city of Ur
inhabited Failaka and ran a
mercantile business. The island...
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dating from that time
until after the
advent of
Islam in the
region at
Failaka Island,
Kharg Island, Jubail, and the
nearby settlements of Thaj, al-Hinnah...
- activity. To this
period belongs a
further inscription, on a seal,
found at
Failaka and
preserving a king's name. The
short text reads, [La]'ù-la Panipa, daughter...
- The
Islamic Legion (Arabic: الفيلق الإسلامي al-Faylaq ul-'Islāmiyyu) (a.k.a.
Islamic Pan-African Legion) was a Libyan-sponsored pan-Arabist and pan-Islamist...
- family. The
majority of
Kuwaitis from
Failaka Island are of
Iranian ancestry. They
originally migrated to
Failaka from the
Iranian coast,
mainly Kharg...
