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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

July 13, 2007 — -- Something's afoot in Basra… Supposed sightings of a ferocious man-eating creature roaming the streets of the southern Iraqi city have been causing panic among the local ...

2003-03-31 04:00:00 PDT Outside Basra, Iraq-- Women clutching babies and men gripping overstuffed duffel bags had gathered at the Zubair Bridge on Sunday, hoping to flee the tumultuous city of ...

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