In 1941 , immediately following the British victory in the Anglo-Iraqi War , riots known as the Farhud broke out in Baghdad in the power vacuum following the collapse of the pro-Axis government of Rashid Ali al-Gaylani while the city was in a state of instability . 180 Jews were killed and another 240 wounded ; 586 Jewish-owned businesses were looted and 99 Jewish houses were destroyed
Farhud
Farhud
Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries