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Iraq to inspect Iran’s Syria-bound planes

Iraq plans to randomly inspect Iranian airplanes flying to Syria, the Iraqi foreign minister, Hoshyar Zebari, told the al-Hayat newspaper in an interview. “The government plans to bring planes down and conduct random inspections,” he was quoted as saying in an interview published yesterday by the London-based paper. “We have informed the Iranian officials to […]

Zaid Sabah and Cotten Timberlake report for Bloomberg:

Iraq plans to randomly inspect Iranian airplanes flying to Syria, the Iraqi foreign minister, Hoshyar Zebari, told the al-Hayat newspaper in an interview.

“The government plans to bring planes down and conduct random inspections,” he was quoted as saying in an interview published yesterday by the London-based paper. “We have informed the Iranian officials to stop these flights and to stop arming the Syrian regime or fund any side in this crisis, we have affirmed that Iraq doesn’t accept to be a path for this, or its lands, skies and water to be used for arming or funding.”