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You could try to ask in the Middle East branch where there's an expert about Iraqi Kurdistan.

BTW, I assume you already know you can't cross overland from Armenia to Turkey without backtracking to Georgia or passing through Iran.

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I rode Turkey - Iraq - Iran about a year ago.

Everything was fine then, but I have no more recent info than that. In Iraq I had some annoying hassle from the police, but it was no worse than that, and the locals were great.

The main problem in Iraq is route finding. There are no maps and the main roads are mostly really dangerous with heavy truck traffic. I plotted a route using Google earth and put it in my GPS. It meant I went through villages where they said they'd never seen a foreigner and was on good but quiet roads most of the time.

I'm assuming of course that when you say Iraq, you mean the Kurdish part? No way will you be riding in the Arabic part.

More detail on my blog here: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/kurdistan

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I'm sure you're aware that the border between Armenia and Turkey is closed. So you'd have to backtrack from Yerevan back to Georgia, or go via Iran to get to the other side of the border. Sort your Iran visa beforehand, they're not that easy to come by in Tiblisi.

Things in the border area are rather fluid, hard to tell months ahead whether it's be safe or whether there Turkish expeditions across the border, or what the Kurds in Syria are thinking about Assad. There's seperate visas for the north of Iraq last time I checked. Those are easy to get in Iran, but only gets you as far as the Kurdish part.

Just be aware that traffic (trucks and cars) will be down considerably in the area. Meaning that there will be less services, such as stores and gas stations, available on the main road between Turkey and Syria.

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I'm currently in Tehran and have just cycled from turkey via northern Iraq xnd western Iran
If you'd like any info please just ask
Thanks