Recent violence in Syria along with U.S. strikes against the Houthis in Yemen has led to new armed factions in Iraq threatening America and Syria.
Iraq News, Politics, Economics, Society
1914 Ottomans agreed to merger of Turkish Petroleum Company that was to get oil concession in Mosul
vilayet with Anglo-Persian Oil Company
1914 US consulate in Baghdad reported Ottomans had reconciled with Sayid Talib and Sheikh
Ajaimi of Montafiq Confederation They had de facto control of Basra vilayet
1639 Treaty of Zuhab ended Ottoman-Safavid War and gave Ottomans most of Mesopotamia
(Musings On Iraq review An Analysis of Hanna Batatu’s The Old Social Classes and the Revolutionary Movements of Iraq)
1917 UK War Cabinet created Mesopotamia administration committee to decide on form of
govt in captured areas
(Musings On Iraq review When God Made Hell, The British Invasion of Mesopotamia and the Creation of Iraq, 1914-1921)
1915 Viceroy of India wrote UK interests were protecting Persian oil concession which meant Basra
vilayet should be controlled by UK while Baghdad vilayet should be ceded by Turkey and given native administration under UK influence
(Musings On Iraq review Enemy On The Euphrates, The Battle For Iraq 1914-1921)
(Musings On Iraq review When God Made Hell, The British Invasion of Mesopotamia and the Creation of Iraq, 1914-1921)
Recent violence in Syria along with U.S. strikes against the Houthis in Yemen has led to new armed factions in Iraq threatening America and ...