But he also criticized the Iraqi government for denying that it sent envoys to him to discuss last week's government offensive in Basra. The offensive sparked fighting between security forces in other ...

The British defense minister on Tuesday said the number of British troops in Iraq will remain at the current level of around 4,000 for the time being. Des Browne, briefing the House of Commons, said ...

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Iraqi Prime Minister Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has said that the head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria was ...

Iraq has claimed that British and US warplanes have attacked Basra International Airport and other civilian and military targets. The Iraqi News Agency reported that aircraft attacked civilian and ...

An exceptional posthumous Victoria Cross awarded to First World War sailor who was dubbed the 'Pirate of Basra' has sold for ... garrison in Mesopotamia, now Iraq, in April 1916.

The head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed in Iraq in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with U.S.-led coalition forces, U.S. Central ...

The leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed, Iraq's prime minister announced on Friday. Abdallah Maki Mosleh al-Rifai, or "Abu Khadija," was killed in an operation by members ...

(250312) -- BASRA (IRAQ), March 12, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Feb. 20, 2025 shows the Chinese cutter suction dredger "Tianbai" conducting dredging project of an immersed tunnel at Iraq's Khor al ...

His grave was never found but he has been memorialised in Basra, Iraq. In 1917, his guile and daring earned him the Victoria Cross, which was presented to his mother.

In Iraq, the FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Anbar province excluding Ramadi City, Basra province except for Basra city, Diyala province excluding Baqubah City, Kirkuk province ...