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This image is a derivative work of the following images: File:Flag-map_of_the_world.svg licensed with PD-self . 2011-03-18T20:23:07Z Transparent 6lue 2400x1200 (6595567 Bytes) Reverted to version as of 04:31, 4 February 2011, RoC is not a UN member state
Iraq, [a] officially known as the Republic of Iraq, [b] is a country in West Asia, 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.
The Iraq War (Arabic: حرب العراق, romanized: ḥarb al-ʿirāq), also referred to as the Second Gulf War, [83] [84] was a prolonged conflict in Iraq lasting from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion by a United States-led coalition, which resulted in the overthrow of the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Middle East Countries (2018) Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq (Iraqi Kurdistan), Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, North Cyprus *, Oman, Palestine *, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria (DFNS), Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen *Not a UN member This is a list of modern conflicts ensuing in the geographic ...
Arabic (alongside English) was an official language in South Sudan from 1863 (these days a part of Egypt Eyalet (1517–1867)) until 2011 (that time the independent state Republic of South Sudan), when the former government canceled Arabic as an official language. Since 2011 English is the sole official language of South Sudan.
In 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait. [72] The invasion of Kuwait by Iraqi forces led to the 1990–91 Gulf War. Egypt, Qatar, Syria, and Saudi Arabia joined a multinational coalition that opposed Iraq. Displays of support for Iraq by Jordan and Palestine resulted in strained relations between many of the Arab states.
Country Briefing: Iraq from The Economist; News. Focus on Iraq Daily News on Iraq; Iraq News and Iraqi views from Electronic Iraq; News in Depth from the Financial Times; Diplomacy Monitor-Iraq; IPS Inter Press Service Independent news about Iraq; Iraqis react with joy, anger to Hussein death sentence CNN story on Hussein's death sentence
The highest point in the Arab world is in Morocco called Jbel Toubkal, standing 4,165m tall, making it the 40th highest place on earth, and 6th in Africa, [3] next comes Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb (at 3,666 m (12,028 ft)) [3] in Yemen and Cheekha Dar (at 3,611 m (11,847 ft)) [4] in Iraq. The lowest point in the Arab world is the Dead sea between ...