Abu Qarib is a village in Dasht-e Abbas Rural District, Musian District, Dehloran County, Ilam Province, Iran. It is located approximately 17 kilometers from the Andimeshk–Dehloran main road.

The village lies on a plain, and the entire northern area extending to the Andimeshk–Dehloran highway consists of wide-open flatlands. Topographically, Abu Qarib is situated in an area with a moderate slope of approximately 1.5 to 2 percent which makes it well-suited for growing agricultural products such as wheat and barley. The average annual rainfall in the region is around 260 millimeters, most of which takes place during the winter. The maximum temperature in Abu Qarib reaches approximately 48°C, while the minimum temperature drops to about 8.6°C. Owing to its rich oil resources, Abu Qarib holds economic significance. The inhabitants of the village are Shia Muslims who are mainly engaged in farming, animal husbandry, or wage labor. According to the 1976 census, the village had 81 residents, but in the 1996 national census, its population was reported to be over 200. The residents of Abu Qarib speak Persian and Arabic.

The plains to the north of Abu Qarib are known as Dasht-e Abbas, while to its south lie the Tineh Heights, which were of considerable strategic and military importance during the war due to their commanding position over the Abu Qarib area. Today, the settlement of Dasht-e Abbas—the administrative center of the rural district—is located at the heart of this plain and is closely connected to Abu Qarib.

With the outbreak of the Iran–Iraq War and the Iraqi forces’ advance along the Ein Khosh axis northwest of Abu Qarib, the areas of Dasht-e Abbas and Naderi Bridge fell under enemy occupation. However, in March 1982, during Operation Fath al-Mubin, which was carried out in the occupied areas west of Shush and Andimeshk, Iranian forces succeeded in liberating these regions. Maps from the early days of the war show that Abu Qarib, Ein Khosh, and the Tineh Heights, despite initial resistance, were occupied by Iraq’s 10th Division by the fourth day of the conflict. Before Operation Fath al-Mubin, Iranian forces had carried out several harassment operations, inflicting damage on Iraqi troops in the southern Dasht-e Abbas and along the Fakkeh axis, which corresponds to the Abu Qarib region. During Operation Fath al-Mubin, the Ein Khosh–Dasht-e Abbas–Abu Qarib axis constituted one of the operation’s four main axes and fell within the operational zone of Quds Headquarters, which included the 41st Tharallah (as) Brigade, the 14th Imam Hussain (as) Brigade, Ilam Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps units, the independent Ali-Akbar (as) Battalion, and an armored battalion from the 30th Armored Brigade. In the third phase of the operation, Quds Headquarters—tasked with liberating Abu Qarib and the Tineh Heights to its south—successfully freed the area on March 27, 1982. From that point until the end of the war, Abu Qarib was not subjected to any serious threat, and following the conclusion of the Iran–Iraq War, the village was repopulated as residents gradually returned.⁠[1]