Iraq

About this destination

Iraq (Arabic: العراق al-ʿIrāq, Kurdish: Komara Êraqê), officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in the Middle East. The country lies for the most part in and around the drainage basin of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, the region traditionally known as Mesopotamia. The southeast of Iraq lies on the Persian Gulf, and moving clockwise the country further borders Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Turkey and Iran. Iraq is a member of the Arab League. The capital is Baghdad. As for the name of the country, it has been claimed that over the centuries it derived from the name of the city of Uruk in Sumer. Source: Wikipedia https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irak