Province sits on about 70 per cent of country's oil reserves ...

A bad date on the show led Gurki Basra to get close to the director and cinematographer When Gurki Basra appeared on the first season of Netflix's Dating Around, her episode ended without the fashion ...

The British may be getting some help from within Basra, Iraq's second-largest city. "I do understand that the sheer population there attempted to attack the ruling party," said Group Capt. Al Lockwood ...

Basra, Iraq, is known as "the bride of the gulf" after its life-supporting fertile lands, and building vertically is one way to protect those lands. The planned Bride vertical city does just that.

On September 27, the palace where Saddam Hussein once ruled Iraq opened as an antiquities museum. The museum, in the ancient city of Basra, displays rare artifacts that illustrate the history of the ...

Current parallel market rates show the US dollar trading up to 154,500 IQD across Iraqi exchanges on June 7, 2026, amid ...

In Iraq, Basra has been touted as an oasis of calm in a country wracked by a vicious insurgency. Basra has had far fewer attacks than other major cities; British troops there are rarely targeted. But ...

Basra is enjoying a comeback after suffering through three major wars. These days, Iraqis in the oil-rich southern province are enjoying something close to a normal life. Basrawis say the boom is long ...

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. The protests ...

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