Iraq (/ ɪ ˈ r æ k /, / ɪ ˈ r ɑː k / or / aɪ ˈ r æ k /; Arabic: العراق al-‘Irāq; Kurdish: عێراق Eraq), officially the Republic of Iraq (Arabic: جُمُهورية العِراق Jumhūrīyyat al-‘Irāq; Kurdish: کۆماری عێراق Komari Eraq), is a country in Western Asia, bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, Kuwait to the southeast …