On July 29 the United States and Saudi Arabia launched a series of strikes against the Hashd throughout Iraq. Bases were hit in Baghdad, Basra, Diyala, Karbala, Kirkuk, Ninewa and Wasit leading to the deaths of 20 Hashd members, the wounding of 32 along with 5 Iranian advisers being killed.
762 Construction of Round City of Baghdad began by Abbasid Empire
1933 Assyrian leader Mar Shimun wrote letter to Interior Min Said he was being detained He would
help settle Assyrians If govt did nothing he would go to League of Nations and advocate for Assyrians to leave Iraq Letter sent to ambassadors in Iraq embarrassing govt
(Musings On Iraq review The Tragedy of the Assyrian Minority in Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review State and Society in Iraq)
1823 Ottomans and Safavids signed peace treaty that set border between two empires after
Persian invasion of Iraq failed
1912 Work began building railway through Mesopotamia financed by Germany
I was quoted in this article by Wladimir Van Wilgenburg "What's Behind Iraq's New Anti-Corruption Campaign" in Khayrion
1920 Gertrude Bell wrote that Baghdad started the 1920 Revolt but lost control of it when tribes
rose up and they listened to no one Baghdad did not start revolt
(Musings On Iraq review Enemy On The Euphrates, The Battle For Iraq 1914-1921)
(Musings On Iraq review Reclaiming Iraq, The 1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State)
(Musings On Iraq review Gertrude Bell And Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review Gertrude Bell, Explorer of the Middle East)
(Musings On Iraq movie review Letters from Baghdad)
(Musings On Iraq review Desert Queen, The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia)
(Musings On Iraq review A Quest in the Middle East, Gertrude Bell and the Making of Modern Iraq)
On July 29 the United States and Saudi Arabia launched a series of strikes against the Hashd throughout Iraq. Bases were h...
