the activity details of the war engineering and supporting of jihad in operation kheibar

operation kheibarin which the war engineering supporting of jihad played an important role is one of the major military operations in the eight-year war implemented in hawr al-azimarea in the winter of 1981 with the aim of achieving the basra-to-al-amara road. building a13-km floating bridge named kheibar as thewaterrearsof the units on the forward edge of battle area, construction a 14-km road named sayyid al-shuhada (as) road as the land rears and buildingseveral bulwarks in the different parts of the region all provided the iranian military with an ability to support and supply the friendly forces who were attempting to maintain the areas secured during the operation. it caused the commanders to understand the vital and effective role of engineering operations better and better and since then to have a special look to thetechnical and engineering capabilities of jihad. keywords:operation kheibar, engineering in operation, engineering supporting battalions of jihad, sayyid al-shuhada (as) road, hawr, kheibar bridge