Syria agrees to tighten security on Iraq border
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US Secretary of State says Washington wants tough report from Annan on Syria&#39;s compliance with UN resolution. By Matthew Lee - WASHINGTON.
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Iraq has closed its borders with Iran and Syria as part of a security crackdown aimed at stopping foreign fighters and weapons entering the country, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said on Thursday.
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Iraq closed its borders with Iran and Syria as U.S. and Iraqi troops tightened their grip on Baghdad on Thursday, searching neighborhoods and setting up checkpoints that stopped and searched even official convoys.
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The Syrians could do more to prevent terrorists from crossing their border into Iraq, an issue that will be on the agenda of an upcoming security conference in Baghdad, Iraq's U.N. ambassador said Thursday.
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Officials agreed Thursday on cooperative border measures to halt attacks on Israeli towns.
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A joint US-Iraqi delegation holds talks in Damascus on ways to improve security on the Syrian-Iraqi border.
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The Nato alliance agrees to play a major role in training Iraqi security forces, a spokesman says.
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BAGHDAD -- The foreign ministers of Iraq and Syria formally announced the resumption of diplomatic relations yesterday, with pledges to strengthen communication and security between the two neighbors.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - Iraq will ask Iran and  Turkey for border security arrangements to keep foreign  militants out, similar to measures already agreed with Syria,  the Iraqi Foreign Minister said on Monday.
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BAGHDAD -- After nearly a quarter-century of severed ties, Iraq said yesterday it will resume diplomatic relations with neighboring Syria -- a move seen as a possible step toward stemming some of the unrelenting violence, which claimed another 100 lives.
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Iraq clamped tough security measures  across the country on Friday, sealing land borders and curbing  travel to foil insurgents bent on wrecking Sunday's election,  but a car bomb killed four people in Baghdad.
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Turkey and Iraq have agreed to sign a counterterrorism deal cracking down on separatist Kurdish rebels holed up in bases in northern Iraq, officials said Wednesday.
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SAQLAWIYA, Iraq -- The police outpost here is supposed to house 90 armed members of Iraq's National Guard. Their job is to keep watch over a stretch of six-lane highway, deterring insurgents from laying roadside bombs and trying to blow up a bridge over the nearby Tharthar Canal.
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Syria has agreed "in principle" to let the European Union put troops on its border to help stem the flow of weapons into Lebanon, Italy's prime minister said Saturday.
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Iraq says it will help Turkey deal with Kurdish rebels on its territory and resolve tensions through dialogue.
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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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Iraq's Prime Minister makes his first official visit to Damascus to make deals on security and oil