The Republic of Iraq (conventional short form: Iraq) (Arabic: العراق (help·info) translit: 'al-‘Irāq, Kurdish: عيَراق), is a country in Southwest Asia encompassing most of Mesopotamia as well as the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range and the eastern part of the Syrian Desert. It shares borders with Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the west, Syria to the northwest, Turkey to the north, and Iran to the east. It has a very narrow section of coastline at Umm Qasr on the Persian Gulf.
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Officials: Roadside bomb kills 3 Iraqi soldiers By BUSHRA JUHI Associated Press By BUSHRA JUHI Updated: 2012-05-26T12:21:17Z More News BAGHDAD -- Officials say a roadside bombing in northern Iraq has killed t ...
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Mohammed Ameen / AP World powers negotiators arrive at the Baghdad International Airport in Iraq, Wednesday, May 23, 2012. Negotiators from the U.S. and five other world powers sat down Wednesday with a team of Iranian diplomats to t ...
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