sentences:  The Iraqis were previously encouraged by the British to detain Patriarch Shimun in order to defuse tensions.The British were also wary of Iraqi military leaders and recommended Sidqi, a senior ethnic Kurdish general who was stationed in Mosul, be transferred to another region due to his open animosity towards the Assyrians.Later, they had to intervene to dissuade Faysal from personally leading a tribal force to punish the Assyrians.