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 ...

On Friday morning, the protests in Basra continued. The day was young, and it was already a scalding 43 degrees centigrade (109 degrees Fahrenheit). By the afternoon it was even hotter.

2005-08-28 04:00:00 PDT Basra, Iraq-- For the Christians in Basra, the downfall of Saddam Hussein has meant a terrible loss of religious freedom. The social club where Yousef Lyon and his friends ...

BASRA, IRAQ — If it weren’t for the alcohol-free drinks, the scene could have been straight out of an English pub. Young men sat in animated groups, sipping milkshakes and mugs of milky tea in ...

Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A parliamentary committee probing alleged violations by the southern oil-rich Basra province’s local government has called for the dismissal of ...

Sept 16 (Reuters) - Oil exports from Iraq's Basra oil terminal are being gradually resumed after they were halted last night due to a spillage, which had now been contained, Basra Oil Company said ...

British forces have denied rumours that they released a plague of ferocious badgers into the Iraqi city of Basra. Word spread among the populace that UK troops had introduced strange man-eating, ...

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"The security situation in Basra is really bad, and could escalate," one of the security officials said. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorised to give statements to the ...

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