Iraq says borders with Iran and Syria to re-open
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Iraq will re-open its borders with Iran and Syria, closed earlier this week in the initial stages of a security crackdown, a spokesman for the officer overseeing the plan said on Saturday.
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Iran's president -- hosting a visit from Iraq's prime minister and expressing support for his country's beleaguered war-torn neighbor -- says the Islamic republic supports a "united" Iraq and will help the nation "establish full security," an Iranian news agency reported.
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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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Syria and Iraq are to restore diplomatic relations, after a break of more than 20 years, it is announced in Baghdad.
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Iraq will seal its borders next week to prevent Shi'ite pilgrims flooding into the country, the government said Thursday, in the latest emergency measure intended to thwart insurgent violence.
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Iraq signaled that world powers and neighboring countries, including Washington and its adversaries Iran and Syria, had agreed in Baghdad it was vital to all to stop sectarian violence spreading in the region.
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Iraq will shut its borders with Iran and Syria for 72 hours and extend the hours of a nightly curfew in Baghdad as part of a U.S.- backed plan to rein in unrelenting violence, an official said on Tuesday.
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Baghdad international airport will  reopen on Monday after a week of closure under emergency rule,  Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said on Sunday.
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Iraq will close its land borders from Jan. 29 to 31 and impose a curfew banning all non-official vehicles from the roads over the same period to try to prevent attacks on election day, officials said on Tuesday.
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Iraq said Tuesday it would shut its  land borders and bar traffic from getting close to voting  centers over the Jan. 30 polls to try to thwart attacks, as  insurgents targeted a Shi'ite party with a suicide bomb.
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Iran offered on Tuesday to help   establish security and stability in Iraq after Iraqi Prime   Minister Nuri al-Maliki held talks in Tehran on his first   official visit to the Islamic Republic.
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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 is stepping up efforts to improve relations with neighbouring Iran, which has been highly critical of the military action against Shiite militias in Iraq.
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Baghdad international airport will reopen on Monday after a week of closure under emergency rule, Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said on Sunday.
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US officials say Syria has agreed to tighten its border with Iraq to prevent insurgents from entering the country. The State Department says Syria agreed to coordinate with Iraqi and multinational forces.
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Syria has closed its borders to Iraqis and imposed new visa rules that will legally require 1.5 million Iraqis currently in Syria to return to Iraq.