Category: Iraq

Europe 1832

First Egyptian-Ottoman War

In return for assisting the Ottoman Empire in...

Southern Asia 1914

Outbreak of the Great War

The end of July saw the outbreak of World War...

Southern Asia 1914

Battle of Sarikamish

After beating off an initial Russian invasion,...

Southern Asia 1915

Persian Campaign

The Allies were already having difficulties...

Southern Asia 1916

Russian Invasion of Anatolia

With the British evacuating Gallipoli and in...

Southern Asia 1917

Mesopotamian Campaign

The securing of South Persia allowed the...

Southern Asia 1920

Franco-Syrian War

At the end of World War I, Syria had been...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1920

Africa and the Peace Treaties

Fighting continued in East Africa for a few...

Europe 1920

Treaty of Sevres

Ottoman Turkey was the last of the Central...

Southern Asia 1920

Treaty of Sèvres

The seizure of Arab Syria cemented...

Southern Asia 1921

Rise of Reza Khan

The growing power of Soviet Russia and the...

Southern Asia 1922

Saudi Expansion

Since its foundation in 1902, the Saudi state...

Southern Asia 1922

Turkish Great Offensive

After their 1921 defeat of the Greek invasion...

Southern Asia 1922

Uqair Protocol

The continuing border clashes between the...

Southern Asia 1923

Treaty of Lausanne

By 1923 the Turkish War of Independence was...