BAGHDAD (AP) -- An Iraqi official says the country has forced an Iranian plane headed to Syria to land in Baghdad so authorities could search it for arms. It's the third inspection in as many days. Ali al-Moussawi says no weapons were found on the 747 cargo flight Wednesday. It made checks of Syria-bound Iranian flights the two previous days, saying ...

Baghdad (AIN) The Iraqi Aviation Authority searched an Iranian cargo plane coming from Tehran and heading towards the Syrian Capital, Damascus. A statement by the Ministry of Transportation received by AIN cited Monday The Iraqi Aviation Authority forced an Iranian cargo airplane from kaspian Company coming from Tehran towards Syria to land in Baghdad ...

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast has criticized Iraq for inspecting an Iranian plane taking humanitarian aid to Syria. Mehmanparast made the remarks on Tuesday, saying that the move is a violation of international law. However, he noted that the inspection of Iranian planes has disproved the claim that Iran is sending arms ...

AFP -Iraq on Tuesday grounded and inspected a second Iranian aircraft bound for Syria in as many days, but found only humanitarian material, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's spokesman said. The back-to-back searches come after Baghdad said last month it would step up such inspections, after US Secretary of State John Kerry publicly accused Iraq of ...

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi officials say they searched an Iranian plane bound for Damascus looking for weapons being sent to fighters loyal to the Syrian regime, but none were found Government spokesman Ali al-Moussawi says the cargo plane was forced to land on Monday, but a search showed it was carrying medical and humanitarian aid, not weapons. It ...

Egypts Suez Canal Authoritysaid early on Monday that inspectorsdid not find arms in aTanzanian-flagged ship carrying an Iranian cargo destined for Syria. The authority had intercepted the ship as it crossed the canal following reports that the Tanzanian flag carried had left an Iranian port on Saturday transporting weapons for the Syrian regime....