Basra has been wracked by protests all week over the decrepit state of public services. Added to the discomforts is that constant of contemporary Iraq – rampant corruption. Much of Iraq’s ...

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.

The skirmish -- in which the Iraqis made use of human shields, mobile weapons and panic -- underscored the problems facing British soldiers as they try to take Basra, Iraq’s second-largest city.

A man holds a national flag while protesters burn the municipal complex during protests demanding better public services and jobs in Basra, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018.

Basra's Mysterious Creatures. By ABC News. July 13, 2007, 3:18 PM. July 13, 2007 — -- Something's afoot in Basra… Supposed sightings of a ferocious man-eating creature roaming the streets ...

As British forces pull back from Basra in southern Iraq, Shiite militias there have escalated a violent battle against each other for political supremacy and control over oil resources.

U.S. closing consulate in southern Iraq amid unrest 00:19. WASHINGTON --The State Department says the U.S. consulate in the southern Iraqi city of Basra is being evacuated following attacks blamed ...

Basra is a city of 2 million people, predominantly Shiite. An estimated 200,000 to 300,000 Sunnis, and perhaps 5,000 or 6,000 Christians, live in the area. Advertisement ...