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Under British occupation, the people rebelled and Iraq showed itself a hard land to govern. In order to establish a pro-British client regime, a dynasty of Hashemite kings from the Hejaz region was established, beginning with Faisal I who was the son of Hussein bin Ali. As a family originating in the Hejaz, the Hashemites was foreign
Iraq: Fertile Crescent: Abdul Latif Rashid: President of Iraq: 13 October 2022 Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani: Prime Minister of Iraq: 27 October 2022 Jordan: Abdullah II of Jordan: King of Jordan: 7 February 1999 Jafar Hassan: Prime Minister of Jordan: 15 September 2024 Kuwait: Arabian Peninsula: Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah: Emir of Kuwait: 16 ...
Director of the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance of Iraq — 21 April 2003 12 May 2003 21 days Democratic — Paul Bremer بول بريمر (born 1941) Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority of Iraq — 12 May 2003 28 June 2004 1 year, 47 days Republican: → • Republic of Iraq (2004–present) • → —
This is a list of presidents of Lebanon since the creation of the office in 1926. Constitutionally ( de jure ), the president's post carries significant responsibilities and influence. In practice, the president is largely a ceremonial and symbolic post due to external pressure or the formation of "consensus" cabinets, forcing the president to ...
Beirut's seismic explosion propelled the scarred Lebanese capital 30 years back in time with a violence scarcely imaginable even to a country that has endured so many wars, invasions, occupations ...
10 years, 350 days Military / Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region) Saddam Hussein صدام حسين (1937–2006) 1980 1984 1989: 16 July 1979 23 March 1991 11 years, 250 days Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region) Saddam Hussein (1979–2003) Sa'dun Hammadi سعدون حمادي (1930–2007) — 23 March 1991 13 September 1991 [12] 174 days Iraqi Ba ...
The territory of Iraq was under Ottoman dominance until the end of the First World War, becoming an occupied territory under the British military from 1918. In order to transform the region to civil rule, Mandatory Mesopotamia was proposed as a League of Nations Class A mandate under Article 22 and entrusted to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, when the former territories of ...
WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD (Reuters) -The United States has barred 14 Iraqi banks from conducting dollar transactions, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing U.S. officials. The ban, which ...