News Iraq Basra: Iraq gov't 'failures' could lead to more Basra water crises: HRW
One year on from Basra's health crisis, which saw 118,000 people hospitalised due to stomach pains and skin rashes blamed on poor water quality, the Iraqi government has done little to ensure safe ...
News Iraq Basra: Rights group: Iraq government mismanaging water crisis
BASRA, Iraq (AP) — Increased rainfall in Iraq this year has helped alleviate a water crisis in Basra and may avert the kind of large-scale and violent protests that afflicted the southern province ...
News Iraq Basra: Iraq plans to launch pipelines to export oil through Jordan, Syria
A general a view of the Rumaila oil field in Basra, Iraq, Nov. 28, 2017. BAGHDAD — As Iraq exports most of its crude oil production, the Iraqi government is trying to diversify its oil export outlets ...
News Iraq Basra: Archbishop of Basra: the Pope's visit, an opportunity for rebirth for Christians and Iraq
The country is still "in pieces" due to widespread corruption. Insufficient government intervention to ensure rights for minorities and revive the nation. Greater commitment to combat hatred and ...
News Iraq Basra: Iraq, Kuwait form 4 cmtes to develop economic Coop.
Bringing his perspective to the table, governor of Basra Asad Al-Aidani stressed the importance of holding talks between Kuwait and Iraq. He affirmed that the local authorities in Basra would do ...
News Iraq Basra: Artists persevere in Iraq despite death threats
spoke with Al-Monitor about attempts to prevent musical activities in Iraq. “The security situation is stable in Basra and the cities of Iraq. As stability is strengthened, the laws and regulations ...
News Iraq Basra: Roadside bombs explode in Iraq's Basra
(MENAFN) Local official said that on Saturday, three roadside bombs hit a convoy of a foreign logistics company near a border town in Iraq's southern city of Basra. Talib al-Husouna, mayor of ...
News Iraq Basra: Basra protests build in Iraq as substandard services persist
As summer arrives in Iraq, a new wave of demonstrations is beginning in the south, possibly jeopardizing Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi's government. HUSSEIN FALEH/AFP/Getty Images Iraqi followers of ...
News Iraq Basra: The Flash Point Between America and Iran Could Be Iraq's Militias
Yet 5,000 U.S. troops remain in Iraq, in close proximity to Iran-backed forces ... Last year, the State Department evacuated the U.S. consulate in the Iraqi city of Basra, citing attacks by ...
News Iraq Basra: StanChart Is Expanding in Iraq as Safety Improves
Standard Chartered doesn’t offer retail banking services in Iraq, and the Basra branch will cater to businesses. “The decision to postpone the opening in 2014 made sense given ISIS and the oil ...
News Iraq Basra: Iraq planning $53B megaproject with ExxonMobil, PetroChina
Water injection is key to boosting production from oil fields around Basra, in south Iraq, as decades of extraction have sapped the subterranean pressures that push crude naturally toward the surface.
