Basra
Iraqi PM orders probe into bloody Basra protests
Middle East
September 5, 2018
Iraqi PM orders probe into bloody Basra protests
BASRA, Iraq (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister has ordered an investigation into violent protests in the southern city of Basra…
Protester killed in Basra during clashes with security forces
Middle East
September 4, 2018
Protester killed in Basra during clashes with security forces
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) – Hundreds of people gathered near a provincial government building in Iraq’s southern oil hub Basra on…
Water crisis salts the earth in Iraq’s long-neglected south
Middle East
August 2, 2018
Water crisis salts the earth in Iraq’s long-neglected south
BAGHDAD (AP) — Qassim Sabaan Ali has spent the past 15 years tending to orchards in southern Iraq, only to…
Iraq police fire in air as protesters try to storm Basra govt. building
Middle East
July 15, 2018
Iraq police fire in air as protesters try to storm Basra govt. building
Iraqi police fired in the air as hundreds of protesters tried to storm the main provincial government building in…
Drug use, sales soar in Iraq’s Basra amid nationwide spike
Middle East
January 2, 2018
Drug use, sales soar in Iraq’s Basra amid nationwide spike
The rows of self-harm scars that course upward on the teenager’s forearms from her wrists nearly to her elbows are…
Egypt to receive one million barrels of Basra light oil within days: ambassador
Business
January 11, 2017
Egypt to receive one million barrels of Basra light oil within days: ambassador
Iraqi Ambassador to Cairo Habib al-Sadr said an agreement has been signed to export one million barrels of Basra’s light…
Iraqi force enters southern oil city to disarm tribal fighters
Middle East
January 15, 2016
Iraqi force enters southern oil city to disarm tribal fighters
Iraq has sent an armored army division and a police strike force into the southern oil city of Basra to…
Explosions kill 58 in Iraq, French consulate hit
World
September 9, 2012
Explosions kill 58 in Iraq, French consulate hit
BAGHDAD — At least 58 people were killed in attacks across Iraq on Sunday, including a car bomb outside a…
Iraq: Bomb kills 20 Shia pilgrims in south
World
January 14, 2012
Iraq: Bomb kills 20 Shia pilgrims in south
A bomb killed at least 20 Shia pilgrims near the southern port city of Basra on Saturday, Iraqi officials said.…
Eid movies: Basra – A confused war movie
Cinema/TV
November 15, 2010
Eid movies: Basra – A confused war movie
The trailer for Basra, an independent movie screened at the 2008 Cairo International Film Festival and showing at cinemas this Eid,…