Khawr Abd Allah

The Khawr Abd Allah (Arabic: خور عبد الله‎) is today an estuary, but once was the point where the great Euphrates and Tigris rivers emptied into the Persian Gulf. Located in the south of Iraq, the Iraq-Kuwaiti border divides the lower portion of the estuary, but adjacent to the port of Umm Qasr the estuary becomes wholly Iraqi. The Shatt al-Arab is now the point where the great rivers drain out, east of the Khawr Abd Allah. It has also lent its name to the maritime Khawr Abd Allah Protocols or KAA Protocols first developed by the British Royal Navy between March and June 2008 during the British command of Combined Task Force 158. The non-legally binding KAA Protocols were developed and mediated between the heads of the Kuwaiti and Iraqi...