Latest Basra news in English, including oil, ports, investment, security, public services and southern Iraq developments.
BasraBASRA, Iraq — A court in Basra has ordered the detention of media worker and activist Mustafa Abdurrazzak Reza al-Mayahi over his social media posts about border crossing…
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — PepsiCo has signed a new memorandum of understanding with Baghdad Soft Drinks Company to raise its annual production capacity in Iraq to more than 250 mil…
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — A 16-year-old girl died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at her family home in the Hay al-Hakim district of Basra, local sources said. The victim, born…
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's General Electricity Production Company has dismissed 11 managers at power stations in the country's south, according to company documents. The dism…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Lloyd's List Intelligence data cited by Kpler shows ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains sharply reduced, with fewer than 20 vessels crossing o…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — The Basra Operations Command announced on Sunday evening that a controlled explosion will be carried out on Monday morning. The command said the blast would…
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Civil Defense Directorate said its teams carried out two separate animal rescue operations in the southern cities of Basra and Dhaykar. In Dhaykar,…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Security forces in Basra seized 3 kilograms of narcotics and arrested one suspect in a preventive operation, the city's Directorate for Narcotics Affairs sa…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Police in Basra have arrested a suspect in the killing of a child in the Abu al-Khasib district after more than five months of surveillance, the provincial …
BasraTEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s National Security Council secretary, Mohsen Rezaei, said the country could target other oil export routes in the Persian Gulf if neighboring states …
BasraBASRA, Iraq — A war with Iran has undercut the United States' energy advantage and weighed on its economy, the Financial Times reported. Although the US remains the world…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Basra heavy and medium crude oil closed the week with sharp gains, tracking a broad rise in global oil prices and regional geopolitical developments. Basra …
BasraBASRA, Iraq — A member of parliament from Basra, Abu Turab al-Tamimi, has submitted a request to the prime minister calling for the cancellation of an investment project …
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Basra's provincial police directorate said it has identified the suspect in a fatal shooting of a man near the Mowadeh Hospital junction following a persona…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Two people were killed in an armed attack at the Kout Al-Hajjaj intersection in central Basra, local security sources said. Gunfire was opened from a vehicl…
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Border Ports Authority said customs officials at Basra International Airport seized a batch of medications carried by an Iraqi passenger arriving f…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Police in Basra arrested a suspect wanted in connection with fraud, theft and threatening civilians, the provincial police media office said. The operation …
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Iraq's National Security Service announced it has dismantled a network accused of fraud involving billions of dinars in land compensation payments in Basra.…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Nine tankers were anchored at Basra oil port waiting to load crude oil as of Thursday, a source from Iraq's ports authority said. Five of the vessels were r…
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — Two separate shooting incidents in northern Basra left one young man and a 15-year-old girl dead, according to local security sources. In the first incide…
