The battle came after allied jets and British artillery ... They had been spotted by helicopters as they emerged from Basra early last night.

"The British now control Basra and US forces will control Baghdad within days. Commanders said the Battle of Basra was on the threshold of moving into a new phase within the next 12-24 hours.

69, No. 1, 2006 Between Arabs, Turks and Iranians: The T... Between Arabs, Turks and Iranians: The Town of Basra, 1600-1700 This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. Early modern ...

The resulting report, Ali Hasan Al-Majid and the Basra Massacre of 1999, provides evidence that one Iraqi official responsible for the gross human rights violations in that campaign is Ali Hasan ...

City workers cleaning up the al-Ashar Canal, Basra, June 2009. Source: Wikimedia Commons. The Iraqi district of Basra, apart from being extremely oil-rich, is the country's only gateway to the sea, ...