Iraqi-Syrian row resolved, Kuwait says

CAIRO, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Tensions between Iraq and Syria regarding a string of coordinated attacks in Baghdad are completely resolved, Kuwaiti officials said in Cairo.

A series of coordinated attacks rocked Baghdad on Aug. 19, killing more than 100 people and injuring perhaps thousands in one of the worst attacks in years.

Iraqi officials came forward almost immediately with claims that Damascus was harboring the Baath Party loyalists that Baghdad said plotted the attacks.

Iraq asked Syria to hand over Mohammed Younis al-Ahmed and Satam Farhan, high-ranking Baath leaders, for their alleged role in the bombings.

Damascus denied the Baghdad claims on several occasions. A branch of al-Qaida in Iraq issued separate claims of responsibility for the attack.

Mohammad Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah, the Kuwaiti deputy premier and foreign minister, said on the sidelines of the regular conference of the Arab League in Cairo the situation was resolved and dealt with "in a highly positive manner," the official Kuwait News Agency reports.

Iranian and Turkish officials worked independently to ease the tensions, while Arab League ministers have included the issue on a modified agenda.