Ahwaz
Americannoun
noun
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According to Tehran's claims, the heaviest fighting took place around Ahwaz and Susangerd, both of which had been under Iraqi siege for several weeks.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Iraqi drive was aimed at three principal targets: the oil-refining center of Abadan, Khuzistan's capital of Ahwaz, and the important communications junction of Dezful, 150 miles north of Khorramshahr.
From Time Magazine Archive
Militarily, the fall of Susangerd would give the Iraqis control of a key highway leading to the provincial capital of Ahwaz, 30 miles to the southeast.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the foreign-dominated management compound at Ahwaz, for example, employees enjoyed air conditioning, swimming pools and modern bathrooms.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then the Turks and Arabs concerted a movement against the whole line stretching round from Ahwaz within the Persian frontier to Shaiba south-west of Basra.
From A Short History of the Great War by Pollard, A. F. (Albert Frederick)
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