Badr, Saudi Arabia did not join Quraish on their way to a festival in Badr. He returned with Banu Zuhrah returned so the two clans present in the battle. Badr, Saudi Arabia Badr (, full name: Badr Hunayn, ) is a town in Al Madinah Province, Al-Hijaz, Saudi Arabia. It is located at around , and about from the Islamic holy city of Medina. It was the location of the famous Battle of Badr, between the Quraishi-led Polytheists, and the Muslims under the leadership of Muhammad, in 624 CE. According to Islamic sources, Quraishi leader Abu Jahl said: Akhnas ibn Shariq al-Thaqifi and
Operation Badr (1973) of further attempts to capture Hamutal Hill. By the end of the day Adan's division alone had lost around 100 tanks. Operation "Badr" was the opening battle of the Yom Kippur War in the Sinai, and the first major Arab victory against the Israelis in years. By repelling a division-sized counterattack on October 8, and establishing bridgeheads on the east bank to a depth of around 15 kilometers, the Egyptians had accomplished the objectives of Operation "Badr". At the start of the war, U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger believed that the better-equipped Israelis would secure victory within a few