: جمهورية العراق ( help · info ) Jumhūrīyat Al-Irāq , Kurdish : كؤماری عه‌راق ‎, Komara Îraqê , [2] Neo-Aramaic : ܥܸܪܵܩ) is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range , the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern