Iraq to shut borders with Iran, Syria
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Iraq announced plans on Tuesday to close its borders with Iran and Syria and lengthen a night curfew on vehicles in new emergency measures to try to curb unrelenting violence in Baghdad.
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Iraq's neighbors, including Iran and Syria, will join U.S. and British representatives at a regional conference here on the Iraqi security crisis
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Iraq will close all its borders for  five days starting next week, the government said on Thursday,  in a move designed to boost security.
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The United States and Europe must talk to  Syria and Iran if they want a comprehensive solution to Iraq  and other Middle East conflicts, Syrian President Bashar  al-Assad said in an interview published on Friday.
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Iraq says it will close the offices of the Kurdish PKK rebel group and stop its operations in the country.
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Iraq's government said on Tuesday it had closed its borders with Syria and Iran, and extended the hours of a night curfew in Baghdad under a U.S.-backed security plan to rein in violence in the capital.
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 13 -- Iraqi officials on Tuesday announced the temporary closure of checkpoints at the Syrian and Iranian borders, as well as an expanded nighttime curfew in the capital, as part of the new Baghdad security plan.
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Iraq and Syria agreed to restore full diplomatic relations on Tuesday after a break of a quarter of a century, a move Iraq hopes may help stem what it says is Syrian support for militants.
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Syria, which Washington has accused of  failing to stop militants entering Iraq, has reached a border  cooperation deal with its neighbor, Foreign Minister Farouq  al-Shara said on Sunday.
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Iraq confirms it will host a regional conference this month in Baghdad that will include the United States, Great Britain, Iran, Syria and Egypt. But the White House ties specific conditions to one-on-one talks with Damascus and Tehran.
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The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security crackdown announced Tuesday that Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran and ordered the return of unlawfully seized homes, as part of the drive to end the violence that has threatened to divide the capital along sectarian lines.
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Iraq's prime minister announced a new plan Monday aimed at ending the deepening crisis between Shiite and Sunni parties in his government and uniting them behind the drive to stop sectarian killings that have bloodied the country for months.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq's neighbors, including Iran and Syria, have agreed to join US and British representatives to discuss the Iraqi security crisis at a regional conference Saturday in Baghdad, the government said yesterday.
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BAGHDAD, Nov. 27 -- In the latest sign of a budding diplomatic relationship, Iraq's President Jalal Talabani arrived in Iran on Monday to seek his neighbor's help in ending his country's sectarian conflict, as Britain said it expects to withdraw thousands of troops by the end of next year.
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Syria and Iraq signed on to a plan Monday to cooperate in combating terrorism and crime, the official SUNA Syrian news agency said.
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British forces surround Basra and close its border with Iran in support of Iraq's new security plan.
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Iraq's prime minister announced plans to visit Iran on Monday, just days after his deputy returned from the country, accompanied by several top officials.