Al-Maliki's order came a day after radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr offered to help purge militia members from Iraqi security forces. He criticized the government for denying ...

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 police chief of the British-controlled southern ... about 75 miles north of Basra. Iraqis who work with the US-led coalition have been targeted by Iraqi insurgents, who are most active in ...

A man with ties to a radical Shiite cleric is in U.S. custody in connection with an attack that killed five American soldiers ...

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) says two Afghan nationals have been released from a prison in Iraq’s Basra city and have returned to the country. In a statement, MoRR ...

At least six students were killed and 14 injured Tuesday when a truck ploughed into them on their way out of school in Iraq’s southern province of Basra, authorities said. “Police in Basra ...

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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s electricity ministry on Thursday announced plans to build a large solar power plant in Basra province that will produce 1,000 megawatts of electricity as Baghdad ...