Iraq has approved plans to build a tourism resort and a housing complex at an old port in the Southern oil hub of Basra, an official has said. The project is part of plans to expand and develop some ...

and we can tell that they too have missed Basra.” The last Gulf Cup was held in Qatar in 2019, with Bahrain emerging as the winner. Gulf Arabs rarely travel to Iraq for tourism. Of all the Gulf ...

Iran and Iraq have been taking significant steps to ... as well as the growth and development of tourism, is the other advantage of completing the Shalamcheh-Basra railway, while a significant ...

A Gulf Cup final match between Iraq and Oman will take place in Basra on Thursday as scheduled, Iraqi soccer officials said, despite a deadly stampede outside the stadium just hours earlier.

BASRA, Iraq — What happens when the land dries up? The world is facing this question; Iraq is already learning the answers. First the farmers and the fishermen try to stay. Then, one by one ...

Iraq’s state news agency ... sons traveled more than 500 miles to Basra for the opening match two weeks ago after buying three tickets from a Kirkuk tourism company. “When I reached the ...

Condemnation grew in Iraq after a 300-year-old minaret, viewed as a heritage site by the Ministry of Culture, was demolished in the southern city of Basra on Friday. Built in 1727, the 11-meter ...

A doctor at Basra General Hospital told The Associated Press that two people were killed and 38 were injured, some of whom have been discharged from the hospital. Iraq’s Interior Ministry in a ...

locals told DW that visitors from Arab countries didn't really start coming to Iraq for cultural tourism until a major football tournament was held in southern Basra in early 2023. "The Gulf Cup in ...