Yakin Anglo-Iraki, wani gagarumin rikici a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu , wani yakin soji ne na kawancen kawancen Birtaniya karkashin jagorancin Rashid Gaylani.Gaylani ya hau karagar mulki a juyin mulkin kasar Iraqi a shekara ta 1941 tare da goyon bayan Jamus daItaliya .Sakamakon wannan yakin dai shi ne faduwar gwamnatin Gaylani, da sake mamaye kasar Iraki da sojojin Birtaniya suka yi, da kuma mayar da Yarima Abd al-Ilah mai goyon bayan Birtaniyya kan karagar mulki.Tun daga shekara ta 1921, Iraqi ta zama dole a karkashin mulkin Birtaniya.Yarjejeniyar Anglo-Iraqi ta 1930, wadda aka kafa kafin Iraqi ta sami 'yancin kai a 1932, ta fuskanci adawa daga masu kishin kasar Iraki, ciki har da Rashid Ali al-Gaylani.Duk da kasancewarta mai tsaka-tsaki a karkashin Regent Abd al-Ilah, gwamnatin Iraki ta karkata ga Birtaniya.A watan Afrilun 1941, 'yan kishin kasar Iraki, tare da goyon bayan Jamus na Nazi da Italiya, suka kitsa juyin mulkin da aka yi a dandalin Golden, inda suka hambarar da Abd al-Ilah tare da nada al-Gaylani a matsayin Firayim Minista.Kafa alakar Al-Gaylani da masu karfin Axis ne ya sa kasashen kawance suka shiga tsakani, domin kasar Iraki tana nan a matsayin gadar kasa da ta hada sojojin Burtaniya aMasar daIndiya .Rikicin ya yi kamari inda aka kai hare-hare ta sama a kan Iraki a ranar 2 ga Mayu.Wadannan ayyukan soji sun kai ga rugujewar gwamnatin al-Gaylani tare da maido da Abd al-Ilah a matsayin mai rike da madafun iko, wanda ya karfafa tasirin kawance a Gabas ta Tsakiya.