Al Aalem reported that tens of thousands of people were falsely registered as traveling outside of Iraq and gained access to hundreds of millions of dollars. An investigation by the Financial Supervision Bureau discovered that more than , people were registered as travelers outside...

   nbsp; 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, British Samarra Offensive ended in victory over Ottomans...

   The Islamic State remained quiet in Iraq for the second consecutive week while a mysterious explosion at a Hashd base led to another attack upon Israel. There were no incidents reported by the Islamic State in Iraq from April . There were no attacks the previous week as well. In ,...

   nbsp; Lord Curzon asked why British should promise Basra and Baghdad vilayets to Arabs if they were fighting on Ottoman side British defeated in nd Battle of Sannaiyat by Kut British suffered, casualties Setback in attempting to relieve siege at Kut ...

   nbsp; Wahabi army from Arabia sacked Karbala, , killed Battle of Istabulat in Diyala started with Ottomans being defeated British also started attack upon Samarra News of British setbacks along Syrian Iraq frontier arrived in Tal Afar leading to...

   nbsp; British military governor in Baghdad banned weapons and ammunition for public and imposed curfew on city Colonial Sec Churchill wrote Iraq High Comm Cox that Faisal needed to be told all British would be out of Iraq by end of year unless he gave up...

   nbsp; German commander of the Ottoman forces in Mesopotamia Gen Goltz died of typhoid in Baghdad nd Battle of Sannaiyat by Kut began with British attack upon Ottoman positions Start of San Remo meeting with Britain France Italy and Japan Decided on split...

   McNab, Chris, Coalition Armor vs Iraqi Forces, Iraq , Osprey, Coalition Armor vs Iraqi Forces, Iraq is part of Osprey’s versus series of books where they discuss a major confrontation between two weapons systems. Here the focus was much broader covering American and...

   nbsp; France and England signed Long Berenger oil deal France got of Iraqi oil via Turkish Petroleum Company Musings On Iraq review The Creation of Iraq France agreed to help build oil pipeline from Iraq to Mediterranean UK landed th...

   nbsp; Battle of Bait Isa Turkish counterattack stopped British advance British suffered , casualties Ottomans , rd defeat in British effort to relieve siege at Kut UK High Commissioner in Iraq Sir Cox exiled Sayid Talib al Naqib to Ceylon because he ...

   nbsp; US consul in Baghdad reported rumors spread that all Christians and Jews in city would be massacred due to start of nd Balkans War Rumors started after newspaper asked Mufti and Shiite clergy what was duty of Muslims in war They said to protect Islam and raise money...

   The Islamic State continues to fade in Iraq while pro Iran groups claimed another attack upon Israel. From April there were no attacks by the Islamic State in Iraq. The week before there was just . The last full week of March there were none. This was the fifth week this year when...

   nbsp; UK War Ministry committee heard from Adm Slade leading UK oil expert Said if Ottoman Empire divided UK had to get Mosul vilayet because had oil Musings On Iraq review Enemy On The Euphrates, The Battle For Iraq UK officials offered Faisal...

   nbsp; Ottoman campaign to try to retake Basra from British failed Sayid Talib al Naqib at dinner party with French and Persian consuls to Iraq complained about campaign to make Faisal king Threatened another uprising Talib wanted to be king British...

   nbsp; British won Battle of Shaiba Ottomans had casualties captured UK casualties Ottoman commander Askari killed himself in disgrace British casualties British occupied Najaf...

   nbsp; Battle of Shaiba began in Basra Ottomans and tribesmen launched frontal assault upon fortress despite German advisers warning against it British artillery decimated Ottoman forces In response to Turkish threat to Mosul Shiites clerics issued fatwa...

   Benjamen, Alda, Assyrians in Modern Iraq, Negotiating Political and Cultural Space, Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, New Delhi, Singapore: Cambridge University Press, Iraq is one of the most diverse countries in the Middle East and yet there are very few books about the different...

   Ottomans and tribesmen began probing attack upon British outpost in Shaiba, Basra to try to expel UK forces from vilayet Turkish XIII Corps from Persia made nd attack in attempt to reach XVIII Corps in Samarra in Battle of Shiala Were stopped British counterattacked Forced...

   nbsp; US consulate report Economy in Baghdad collapsing after British took city Trade cut off No business London ordered India to send forces to Shaiba air base in Basra and Basra City Musings On Iraq interview World War II In Iraq and Syria Interview With...

   In January Iraq was supposed to institute OPEC production quotas. Not only did it not do so but its exports increased. Baghdad promised to comply but it has never followed any of the recent agreements. In March Iraq produced an average of . million barrels a day of oil. That was ...

   nbsp; New UK cmdr in Iraq Gen Nixon arrived Ordered to take all of Basra Secure Tigris to protect Anglo Persian Oil Company in Persia Plan for advance on Baghdad st step in escalating war from protecting oil concession to taking all of Mesopotamia Musings On Iraq review...

   The Islamic State has gone back to barely being active in Iraq. Pro Iran groups continue to claim drone strikes on Israel. During the first week of April there was one attack by the Islamic State. That occurred when a checkpoint in the Makhmour district of Ninewa was assaulted. There were...

   nbsp; PM Asquith ordered committee created to determine which parts of Ottoman Empire UK should get Would lead to creation of Iraq Musings On Iraq review U.S. Policy In Post Saddam Iraq France approved Sykes Picot agreement Gave Baghdad and Basra vilayets to...

   nbsp; UK Gen Nixon ordered to prepare attack on Nasiriya and Amara to protect Basra vilayet and Persian oil concession Musings On Iraq review Iraq In World War I, From Ottoman Rule to British Conquest Musings On Iraq review When God Made Hell, The British Invasion of...

   nbsp; British attacked Sannaiyat by Kut British suffered, casualties Iraq political officer Wilson sent Eastern Comm outline of constitution for Iraq Included rule by UK high commissioner provinces run by UK officials with Arab advisors Arab councils...