This Day In Iraqi History - Apr 24 Kurds announced tentative deal with Saddam for Kurdish autonomy Would lead to Kurdistan Regional Government

 

1916 British attempt to re-supply besieged garrison at Kut failed Last attempt to relieve

forces there

Trump Administration Increasing Pressure On Iraq To Cut Ties With Iran But Might Close Embassy In Baghdad

The United States is starting a new effort to get Iraq to cut its ties with Iran as part of President Trump’s Maximum Pressure campaign. At the same time the White House may close its embassy in Baghdad showing that Iraq is not a priority. This is another sign of the dysfunction within the American government.

This Day In Iraqi History - Apr 23 PM Maliki ordered raid on Hawija protest site leaving 110 casualties Led to revival of the insurgency

 

1915 UK Gen Townshend ordered by Mesopotamia cmdr Gen Nixon to take Qurna and Amara

(Musings On Iraq review When God Made Hell, The British Invasion of Mesopotamia and the Creation of Iraq, 1914-1921)

Dawa And Iraqi Resistance Reject Syrian President Visiting Iraq In May

Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani is trying to normalize relations with the new government in Syria but is facing pushback from pro-Iran groups.

This Day In Iraqi History - Apr 22 Ayatollah Khomeini revealed Ayatollah Baqir al-Sadr executed by Iraq Called for Saddam to be overthrown

 

1915 Lord Curzon asked why British should promise Basra and Baghdad vilayets to Arabs if they

were fighting on Ottoman side

This Day In Iraqi History - Apr 21 Coalition Provisional Authority created to run post-war Iraq

 

1802 Wahabi army from Arabia sacked Karbala 2,000-5,000 killed

This Day In Iraqi History - Apr 20 Iraq-Turkey agreement allowed each to conduct cross border raids to fight Kurds

 

1917 British military governor in Baghdad banned weapons and ammunition for public and

imposed curfew on city