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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 ...

Three months after protesters first took to the streets during a sweltering Iraqi summer, a fragile calm has been reestablished in the southern-Iraqi province of Basra. Security forces instituted ...

OUTSIDE BASRA, Iraq — Women clutching babies and men gripping overstuffed duffel bags had gathered Sunday at the Azubayr Bridge, hoping to flee the tumultuous city of Basra, when a signal went ...

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.

"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 ...

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 ...