Hundreds of Iraqi orphans gather for an Iftar feast organized by charities:: Basra, Iraq:: March 21, 2025:: Safa Falah, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr offered Thursday to help purge Iraqi security forces of militia members. But he also criticized the Iraqi government for denying that it sent ...

Iraq has completed nearly 30 percent of a gas pipeline project in Basra to transport imported gas to power facilities in the Southern province. Oil Minister Hayan Abdul Ghani checked progress of the ...

R-Zero Water Treatment Plant, Basra, 2020. Photo: Azhar Al-Rubaie. In summer 2018 protests erupted in Basra amidst a water contamination crisis, with over 100,000 admitted to hospital by the end of ...