BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's prime minister says his country is unable to search all Syria-bound Iranian planes that fly through Iraqi airspace. But Nouri al-Maliki said Saturday that Iraq is committed to preventing weapons from being shipped through the country to Syria. U.S. officials have accused Baghdad of allowing Damascus' close ally Iran to transport ...

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq says it will stop more aircraft moving through its airspace and vehicles traveling overland to search for weapons being sent to the Syrian civil war, a senior Iraqi official said Friday. Government spokesman Ali al-Moussawi said Iraq would conduct more random searches to check for weapons heading for the forces of Syrian President ...

By Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran has criticized neighboring Iraq for forcing a Syria-bound Iranian cargo plane to land for inspection in Baghdad to ensure it was not carrying weapons. Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said Iraq should not be influenced by anti-Iranian Western countries, adding that the search of two Iranian ...

By France 24 AFP -Iraq stopped and searched a Syria-bound Iranian cargo plane for weapons on Tuesday, but allowed it to continue as no prohibited items were found, Iraqi officials said. Washington has been pressuring Baghdad to ensure that all Iranian planes flying through its airspace are ordered to land and checked for weapons. This is the ...

WASHINGTON The American effort to stem the flow of Iranian arms toSyriahas faltered because ofIraqs reluctance to inspect aircraft carrying the weapons through its airspace, American officials say. The shipments have persisted at a critical time for PresidentBashar al-Assadof Syria, who has come under increasing military pressure from rebel fighters....

By Alarabiya Iraqi authorities have for a second time this month ordered an Iranian cargo plane heading to Syria to land for inspection in Baghdad to ensure it is not carrying weapons, an Iraqi official said on Sunday. The move may be aimed at easing U.S. concerns that Iraq has become a route for shipments of Iranian military supplies that might ...

By Trend Iran's Ambassador to Baghdad Hassan Danaeifar has warned against the consequences of Iraq's inspection of a Syria-bound Iranian cargo plane, saying Tehran would reciprocate the move in case of its recurrence,Press TVreported. On October 2, Iraq stopped and inspected a Damascus-bound Iran Air cargo plane from Tehran upon the request of ...