 Kunyange zvazvo Umambo hweEgypt hwakanga husina kwahwakarerekera muHondo Yenyika II, Cairo yakakurumidza kuva musasa mukuru wemauto eBritish uye nyika yacho yakatorwa. VaBritain vakataura nezvechibvumirano cha1936 chaivabvumira kuisa mauto munharaunda yeEgypt kuti adzivirire Suez Canal. Muna 1941, Rashīd Alī al-Gaylānī coupmuIraq kwakatungamirira kuBritain kupinda, kuchitungamirira kuHondo yeAnglo-Iraq. Ikoku kwakateverwa nokupinda kweAllied muSyria neLebanon uye kupinda kweAnglo-Soviet muIran. 