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

Places

Abu al Abyad Abu al Abyad ( Arabic : جزيرة أبو الأبيض ) (formerly Abu al Jirab) is the largest of about 200 islands along the coast of the United Arab Emirates. Geography The island is situated in the emirate of Abu Dhabi. Its area is . Settleme ...

(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, a cape in Tunisia, the northernmost point of the African continent *

Tell Abyad Tell Abyad 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 constitutes a divided city with the bordering city of Akçakale in Turkey. Hist ...

, a town in northern Syria **

Tell Abyad District Tell Abyad District (; ) 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 under the Turkish occupation of northern Syria. Demographics At the 20 ...

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

Tell Sabi Abyad Tell Sabi Abyad () is an archaeological site in the Balikh River valley in northern Syria. It lies about 2 kilometers north-east of Tell Hammam et-Turkman.The site consists of four prehistoric mounds that are numbered Tell Sabi Abyad I to IV. Ext ...

, 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-Saudi ...

or al-Ubayyid, a wadi (valley) in Iraq *

Wadi Al Abyadh Wadi Al Abyadh (also known as Wadi Abidh and Wadi Abiyad) is a valley in the Al Batinah Region of Oman, which lies some south of the Muscat-Sohar highway. Transport A four-wheel drive vehicle is useful to explore this wadi, which is vested in ...

, a valley in Oman

Tell Abyad-related military events

* Battle of Tell Abyad (2013) *

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, Tell Abyad, previously held by the Isl ...

* Battle of Tell Abyad (2019)

Other

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

Places

Tell Abyad-related military events

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See also