Latest Basra news in English, including oil, ports, investment, security, public services and southern Iraq developments.
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq โ The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said Saturday that Al-Medina International Stadium in Baghdad was not approved to host Air Force Clubโs home matcheโฆ
BasraBASRA, Iraq โ MOSCOW โ A large-scale Ukrainian drone attack on the Russian capital on Saturday killed one person and injured 37 others, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said.โฆ
BasraBASRA, Iraq โ A former Iranian lawmaker, Jalali Rashidi Koochi, said a US ground attack on Iran has become "inevitable," arguing that recent American airstrikes against sโฆ
BasraBASRA, Iraq โ Iran said on Friday that five bridges in the southern province of Hormozgan were targeted in US strikes. Iranian state television reported that the United Sโฆ
BasraBASRA, Iraq โ A vehicle lost control early Saturday on a road used by travelers heading to Karbala, killing nine people and injuring 13, Iraq's Health Ministry said. Eighโฆ
BasraBASRA, Iraq โ The Basra local administration has declared three days of mourning following a crash in the Haritha district in the northeast of the city, where a driver stโฆ
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq โ U.S. Central Command has disclosed details of airstrikes on Iran carried out the previous night at the direction of President Donald Trump, saying the opeโฆ
BasraBASRA, Iraq โ The Basra Provincial Council has submitted a request to the Iraqi Council of Ministers asking that a fisherman killed in a recent incident be granted martyrโฆ
BasraBASRA, Iraq โ An unidentified drone crashed inside the Grand Fao Port construction site south of Basra on Wednesday morning, according to local security sources. The sourโฆ
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Iraq's parliamentary Security and Defense Commission is preparing to open the case of fisherman Ahmed Necip, who was killed off the coast of Basra, and toโฆ
BasraWASHINGTON, United States โ WASHINGTON โ Iraq plans to build a new oil pipeline system extending from the Basra-Fishkhapur line to Turkey's Ceyhan port, Iraqi Oil Ministeโฆ
BasraDUBAI, United Arab Emirates โ Kuwait said it neutralized aerial targets it described as "hostile" inside its airspace, as reports emerged of powerful explosions on Iran'sโฆ
BasraDAMASCUS, Syria โ Syria is observing the first anniversary of attacks in the predominantly Druze city of Sweida, where more than 1,700 people, most of them civilians, werโฆ
BasraWASHINGTON, United States โ WASHINGTON โ U.S. President Donald Trump said six countries should pay the United States for protecting the Strait of Hormuz, naming Saudi Araโฆ
BasraTEHRAN, Iran โ Oil prices rose by about $3 a barrel after a US-Iran ceasefire broke down and the US Army threatened to reimpose a maritime blockade on Iranian ports. Brenโฆ
BasraDUBAI, United Arab Emirates โ Iraq's Basra Heavy and Medium crude posted sharp gains on Tuesday, tracking a broader rise across global energy markets. Basra Heavy rose $4โฆ
BasraBASRA, Iraq โ Civil defense teams in Basra have extinguished a fire that broke out at the Al-Birikan sports hall in the Zubair district, with officials reporting no casuaโฆ
BasraBASRA, Iraq โ An Iraqi columnist has questioned whether constitutional citizenship rights in Iraq are translating into real living conditions for ordinary citizens, despiโฆ
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Iraq's Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Abdulamir Rashid Yarallah, visited the Navy Command headquarters within the Basra operational area on Monday to inspect thโฆ
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Kuwait's Foreign Ministry condemned attacks on the country's consulate in Baghdad and called on the Iraqi government to take decisive steps to hold those โฆ
