Iraq between the Hashemites and Nasser

Where the region's states stood in Nov. 1958 as Iraq's new rulers split over joining the United Arab Republic led by President Gamal Abdel Nasser.

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Egypt and Syria united as the United Arab Republic in Feb. 1958. Iraq's Hashemite monarchy fell in July the same year.

Chart: Amwaj.media