Qayyarah Airfield West (Arabic: قاعدة القيارة الجوية) is an Iraqi Air Force base in the Qayyarah subdistrict of Mosul District in northern Iraq. It was captured by U.S. Army during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.

Iraq, [b] officially the Republic of Iraq, [c] is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south , Turkey to the north , Iran to the east , the Persian Gulf and Kuwait to the southeast , Jordan to the southwest , and Syria to the west .

West Qurna (Arabic: غرب قرنة) is one of Iraq's largest oil fields, located north of Rumaila field, 65 km northwest of Basra. West Qurna is believed to hold 43 billion barrels (6.8 × 10 ^ 9 m 3) of recoverable reserves – making it one of the biggest oil fields in the world. [1] Until 2009, the field was closed to Western firms. [2]

2007年9月13日 · Western Iraq is comprised of a single province, Anbar, located to the west of Baghdad. It stretches northwest to the Syrian border and southwest to the Saudi Arabian border. The Euphrates River Valley represents the main line of communication in the province, with numerous cities and settlements lining its banks.

2024年6月17日 · To preserve Iraq’s military ties with the West, Washington should rely on allies less exposed to the militia threat, and on multilateral frameworks other than the coalition. For example, France is still deeply engaged in the fight against IS, has begun developing a bilateral defense relationship with Baghdad, and has signaled its willingness ...

2 天之前 · Iraq is one of the easternmost countries of the Arab world, located at about the same latitude as the southern United States. It is bordered to the north by Turkey, to the east by Iran, to the west by Syria and Jordan, and to the south by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

2021年2月24日 · Iraq is a sovereign Western Asian country. It is located in Northern and Eastern hemispheres of the Earth. It is bordered by six nations: Iran to the East; Kuwait to the southeast; Turkey to the north; Syria to the west; Jordan to the southwest and Saudi Arabia to the south.

Qayyarah Airfield West is located in northern Iraq approximately 300 kilometers North of Baghdad and 16 kilometers West of the Tigris River. The airfield is served by two main runways...

2020年3月26日 · Qayyarah Airfield West (Q-West) is an Iraqi air force base located 20 kilometers west of Qayyarah and 60 kilometers south of Mosul. Q-West has two main runways that measure more than 11,000 feet, and approximately 30 hardened aircraft shelters. In 2014, ISIS occupied Q-West, Mosul and the surrounding areas.

In this paper we look at what the ends of such a policy shift could be, current interest on the ground in finding a new political solution, and whether the economic basis is there for a “statelet” in West Iraq. We also consider the key element of security, which is perhaps the most pressing issue to be considered.