 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Munguva yeHondo Yenyika II, hurumende yeIraqi yeRegent Abd al-Ilah yakakundwa muna 1941nevakuru vakuru veGolden Square, vaitungamirirwa naRashid Ali. Hurumende yeIraq yaitsigira vaNazi yakakurirwa muna Chivabvu 1941 nemauto eAllied aibatsirwa nevaAsiriya nevaKurd muAnglo-Iraq War. Iraq yakazoshandiswa senzvimbo yekurwiswa kweVichy-French Mandate yeSyria uye rutsigiro rwekupinda kweAnglo-Soviet muIran. 