About Iraq
Iraq (/ɪˈræk/, i/ɪˈrɑËÂk/, or /aɪˈræk/; Arabic: العراق‎ al-‘IrÄÂq), officially the Republic of Iraq (Arabic:  Ø¬Ù…هورية العراق (help·info) JumhÅ«riyyat al-‘IrÄÂq; Kurdish: كۆماری عێراق), is a country in Western Asia encompassing the Mesopotamian alluvial plain, the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, and the eastern part of the Syrian Desert.[5]
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