Abyad, also transliterated abiad, is an Arabic word meaning 'white'. It may refer to:

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Abu al Abyad Abu al Abyad (formerly Abu al Jirab) is the largest of about 200 islands along the coast of the United Arab Emirates. It is situated in the emirate of Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (, ; ar, أَبُو ظَبْيٍ ' ) is the capital and second-most ...

(formerly Abu al Jirab), an island of the United Arab Emirates * Hajar Abyad, a village in northern Syria * Jeb Abyad-Byud, a Syrian village * An Nīl al Abyaḑ, the Arabic name of the White Nile, river in Africa * An Nil al Abyad, the Arabic name of the Sudan state of White Nile *

Ras al-Abyad Ras ben Sakka (Arabic for "Cape Ben Sakka"), the tip of Cape Angela in northern Tunisia, is the northernmost point of the African continent. It is located from Bizerte and to the northeast of Ichkeul Lake World Heritage Site. It is located j ...

/Ras ben Sakka, a cape in Tunisia, the northernmost point of the African continent *

Tell Abyad Tell Abyad; ku, گرێ سپی, Girê Spî; hy, Թել Աբյադ; syr, ܬܠ ܐܒܝܕ. is a town in northern Syria. It is the administrative center of the Tell Abyad District within the Raqqa Governorate. Located along the Balikh River, it const ...

, a town in northern Syria **

Tell Abyad District Tell Abyad District ( ar, منطقة تل أبيض, Manṭiqat Tall Abyaḍ; ku, Devera Girê Spî) is a district of the Raqqa Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Tell Abyad. Parts of the district are currently ...

, in Syria with Tell Abyad as its administrative centre **

Tell Abyad Subdistrict Tell Abyad Subdistrict or Tell Abyad Nahiyah ( ar, ناحية تل أبيض) is a Syrian nahiyah (subdistrict) located in Tell Abyad District in Raqqa. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Tell Abyad Subdistrict had a popu ...

, in Syria with Tell Abyad as its administrative centre *

Tell Sabi Abyad Tell Sabi Abyad ( ar, تل صبي أبيض) is an archaeological site in the Balikh River valley in northern Syria. It lies about 2 kilometers south of Tell Hammam et-Turkman.The site consists of four prehistoric mounds that are numbered Tell Sab ...

, an archaeological site in northern Syria *

Wadi al-Abyad Wadi al-Abyad or al-Ubayyid (Arabic: وادي الأبيض, "white wadi") is the second-longest wadi in Iraq (after Wadi Hauran) and extends in west of Iraq within Al Anbar Governorate and Karbala Governorate. It runs for roughly , from Iraqi-Saud ...

or al-Ubayyid, a wadi (valley) in Iraq * Wadi Al Abyadh, a valley in Oman

Tell Abyad-related military events

Battle of Tell Abyad (2013) The 2013 battle of Tell Abyad was a military confrontation in the town of Tell Abyad between the Kurdish Front and the Democratic Union Party-affiliated People's Protection Units and Women's Protection Units against the Islamic State of Iraq a ...

Tell Abyad offensive The Tell Abyad offensive or Martyr Rubar Qamışlo operation was a military operation that began in late May 2015 in the northern Raqqa Governorate, during the Syrian Civil War. It was conducted by the Kurdish-majority People's Protection Units ...

(2015) *

Battle of Tell Abyad (2016) The Battle of Tel Abyad was a raid by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on the YPG-held town of Tell Abyad at the end of February 2016, during the Syrian Civil War. Background In July 2015, Tel Abyad, previously held by IS, was ca ...

* Battle of Tell Abyad (2019)

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Abyad wa Aswad ''Abyaḍ wa Aswad'' ( ar, أبيض وأسود, , ''Black and White'') is an Arabic independent weekly political culture magazine published in Damascus, Syria. The magazine is privately owned. History and profile ''Abyad wa Aswad'' was establish ...

'' (lit. 'Black and White'), an Arabic political culture magazine published in Damascus

Places

Tell Abyad-related military events

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