Iraq Begins Integration Plan For Armed Factions

Imam Ali Brigade

  

On June 10 the Joint Operations Command announced it was beginning the process of integrating the Imam Ali Brigade into the Iraqi forces. This was the third armed group to do so after Moqtada al-Sadr’s Saraya al-Salam and Asaib Ahl Al-Haq.

This Day In Iraqi History - Jun 11 ISIS seized Tikrit without a fight

 

1925 Head of League of Nations Mosul Commission called King Faisal a “poor creature”

This Day In Iraqi History - Jun 10 Mosul fell to the Islamic State

 

1915 US consulate report Ottomans might have lost control of Najaf and Karbala and UK

money behind it

This Day In Iraqi History - Jun 9 1st UN weapons inspection began in Iraq

 

1920 British forces retook Tal Afar after bombing broke Iraqi rebels British carried out collective

punishment destroying and looting homes Large number of people forced out into desert

More Setbacks for Iraq’s Oil Industry

  

In April Iraq was hoping that it could begin shipping oil through the Strait of Hormuz again. That collapsed in May and so did its exports.

This Day In Iraqi History - Jun 8 Iraqi commanders said they were retreating during ISIS attack on Mosul leading to mass desertions

 

1920 Ex-Ottoman officer nationalist al-Ahd member future PM Jamil al-Midfai’s forces attacked

Mosul but turned back Tried to start revolt vs UK Mandate in Iraq

This Day In Iraqi History - Jun 7 Al Qaeda In Iraq leader Zarqawi killed in US air strike

 

1920 Ex-Ottoman officer nationalist future PM al-Ahd member Jamil al-Midfai’s forces reached

Mosul hoping to start revolt against British