Iraq (/ɪˈræk/, i/ɪˈrɑːk/, or /aɪˈræk/; Arabic: العراق‎ al-‘Irāq), officially the Republic of Iraq (Arabic:  Ø¬Ù…هورية العراق (help·info) JumhÅ«riyyat al-‘Irāq; Kurdish: كۆماری عێراق Komar-i ‘Êraq), is a country in Western Asia encompassing the Mesopotamian alluvial plain, the northwestern end of the Zagros…