Editing Anah (section)

===Kingdom of Iraq===
In 1918, the town was captured by British forces and by 1921, became incorporated into the [[Kingdom of Iraq]].<ref name="Longrigg461"/> It remained an administrative center of a [[qadaa]], part of the larger [[Ramadi]]-based [[Sanjak|liwa]] of Dulaym. Anah's ''qadaa'' also included the subdistricts of [[Hīt]], [[al-Qa'im (town)|al-Qa'im]] and Jubba.<ref name="Longrigg461"/> The townspeople's long feud with the inhabitants of [[Rawa, Iraq|Rawa]] was settled diplomatically by 1921.<ref name="Longrigg461"/> Its territory to the west was dominated by the subtribes of [[Anizzah]], while to the east the Jarba branch of the [[Shammar]] held sway.<ref name="Longrigg461"/>

Most of Anah's building were located among a dense belt of date palms and was "reckoned as healthy and picturesque", according to historian S. H. Longrigg.<ref name="Longrigg461"/> The date palms were irrigated by [[na'ura|water wheel]]s.<ref name="Longrigg461"/> There were also more scattered dwelling in the mid-stream islands of the Euphrates near the town center.<ref name="Longrigg461"/> The women of the town were well known for their beauty and the weaving of cotton and wool textiles.<ref name="Longrigg461"/> The men, many of whom were compelled to emigrate to lack of living space, were largely engaged as boatmen and transporters of water to Baghdad. The town had relatively high educational standards, with eight schools built there by 1946.<ref name="Longrigg461"/>

[[F. R. Chesney]] reported about 1800 houses, two [[mosque]]s, and 16 waterwheels. One minaret is particularly old. [[Alastair Northedge|Northedge]] reported the locals commonly attributed it to the 11th century but opined that it was more likely from about a century after that. It rose from one of the islands and belonged to the local mosque. Dr. Muayad Said described it as an octagonal body "enhanced by alcoves, some of which are blind" and noted earlier conservation work undertaken in 1935, 1963 and 1964. When the valley was flooded by the [[Haditha Dam]] in 1984/85, the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities cut it into sections and removed it to the new Anah, where it was re-erected to a height of {{convert|28|m|sp=us}} at the end of the 1980s.

[[Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant|ISIS]] captured the town in 2014.<ref>[[Alissa J. Rubin]] (22 June 2014). [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/23/world/middleeast/iraq.html Sunni Militants Capture Iraq's Last Major Border Post With Syria] ''[[The New York Times]]''</ref> On September 19, 2017, an offensive to retake the town from ISIS control began.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41319905|title=Iraq 'attacks IS bastion on Syria border'|date=2017-09-19|work=BBC News|access-date=2017-10-17|language=en-GB}}</ref> After two days of fighting the town was recaptured by the Iraqi army.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://isis.liveuamap.com/en/2017/21-september-iraq-the-town-of-anah-in-western-anbar-has-been|title=Iraq: the town of Anah in western Anbar has been completely cleared by the ISF, next town is Rawa, after that al-Qaim and then the border - News from war on ISIS in English from Iraq, Syria - Deir ez-Zur operation, Raqqa operation - isis.liveuamap.com|website=News from war on ISIS in English from Iraq, Syria - Deir ez-Zur operation, Raqqa operation - isis.liveuamap.com|language=en|access-date=2017-10-17}}</ref>