Basra authorities arrested 17 people following the harassment of a teenage girl on the Basra Corniche during New Year’s Eve ...

Basra residents have relaunched a constitutional campaign for regional status, citing economic neglect, historical precedent, ...

Documents released to National Archives reveal former UK leader Blair’s insistence that soldiers accused of abusing Iraqi ...

Iraq plans to start a stalled project to construct a railway connecting its southern areas with neighboring Iran.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s electoral body on Thursday said it has begun issuing the “official signature forms” required to initiate the autonomy bid by Basra, which sits atop up to 60 percent of ...

Basra Airlines has been formally granted the Iraqi Air Operator Certificate (AOC), making it a fully authorized national ...

We trace the Battle of Basra from its role as Iraq’s southern gateway to the moment British armor rolled into a city already ...

Condemnation grew in Iraq after a 300-year-old minaret, viewed as a heritage site by the Ministry of Culture, was demolished in the southern city of Basra on Friday. Built in 1727, the 11-meter Siraji ...

March 25 (Reuters) - Heavy fighting erupted on Tuesday in the southern oil city of Basra where Iraqi security forces launched a major operation at dawn against powerful militias, military officials ...

British military forces are set to formally hand control of Basra to the Iraqi. It will be mostly ceremonial, since Iraqi soldiers and police effectively took control of the province months ago.

In a continuing series of conversations with reporters in different regions of Iraq, a journalist in Basra offers thoughts on how citizens are viewing Saturday' s referendum. In Iraq today, lawmakers ...