- Iraq - Wikipedia
Located within the geo-political region of the Middle East, it is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south, Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and Kuwait to the southeast, Jordan to the southwest, and Syria to the west
- Iraq | History, Map, Flag, Population, Facts | Britannica
Iraq, country of southwestern Asia During ancient times, lands that now constitute Iraq were known as Mesopotamia (“Land Between the Rivers”), a region whose extensive alluvial plains gave rise to some of the world’s earliest civilizations, including those of Sumer, Akkad, Babylon, and Assyria
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Iraq is bordered by Kuwait, Iran, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia The country slopes from mountains over 3,000 meters (10,000 ft ) above sea level along the border with Iran and Turkey to the remnants of sea-level, reedy marshes in the southeast Much of the land is desert or wasteland
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Nearly 1 3 million members of the security forces and more than 26,500 internally displaced people are eligible to vote A divisive political figure, the Republican led the Bush administration’s
- About Iraq | Embassy of the Republic of Iraq in Washington, D. C.
Encompassing the fertile lowlands between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers, modern-day Iraq corresponds largely to the ancient land of Mesopotamia It is perhaps the oldest consistently settled region on the planet where remnants of human settlements dating back to 50,000 B C can be found
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While the Iraqi federal government (IFG) and semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) have each offered some forms of redress to genocide survivors, these and other communities and individuals throughout the country suffer from systematic and ongoing restrictions on religious freedom, albeit to varying degrees
- Less UN, fewer US soldiers — a new era for Iraq? - DW
By the end of this year, the UN's special mission to Iraq will conclude, and most US troops will have withdrawn Some are celebrating Iraq's newfound sovereignty, others say international pressure
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