British Mandate of Mesopotamia
Mandate for IraqApril 1920The Mandate for Iraq was awarded to Great Britain at the San [...]
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The alluvial plain of the Tigris and Euphrates was known in Europe as Mesopotamia. Since [...]
View ArticleEnd of Monarchy, Kurdish War & Ba'athist Coup
Republic of Iraq1958 JulyA military coup d'état occurs in Baghdad. The monarchy is overthrown. The [...]
View ArticleBritain invades Mesopotamia
Outbreak of WarOctober 1914Outbreak of war between Ottoman Empire and Great Britain. Shortly thereafter, the [...]
View ArticleUS Occupation, Salafi Terrorism and Democracy
US Invasion2003 03 20U.S.-led forces invade Iraq from Kuwait to oust Saddam Hussein. About 125,000 [...]
View ArticleDesert Storm, Rapparin and Genocide
Desert Storm Begins1991 01Desert Storm begins, a campaign of air bombardment of Iraq by US-led [...]
View Articleالعراق Iraq Becomes Totalitarian
Military Coup d'État1968/07/30Ba'thist military coup d'état organized by al-Bakr ousts non-Ba'thist allies. Iraq-USSR Oil Agreement1969/06Major [...]
View Articleالعراقي Iraqi populations
Ethnicities Arab Shi'aSoutheastThe الشيعة Shi'a live mostly in the southeast and constitute the majority of [...]
View Articleالعراقي Iraqi forces
As categorized so brilliantly by Glimpse of Iraq: external-agenda forces; Iraqi-agenda forces; and criminal gangs. [...]
View ArticleIraq Visas
Kurdistan Regional Government Tourist Visa The KRG issues ten day tourist visas upon arrival at [...]
View Articleحکومەتی هەرێمی كوردستان Kurdistan Regional Government
Kurdish flag in Suleimani's Azadi Park, with a rainbow following a sudden April deluge. © [...]
View ArticleUS Military Camps in Iraq
Camp Adder Based in Contingency Operating Base Adder, or Camp Adder, near Nassiriya, 300 km [...]
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