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, ...

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

Basra’s provincial leadership has begun formally mobilizing political support for an autonomy push, with council members ...

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

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

"Today, we have the largest Iftar table in Basra with more than 900 children. These children vary in age - some are very young and others are older. Most of their fathers fought against ISIS, the ...

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 ...

Iraq's largest oil rig has completed a critical phase at the Majnoon oilfield to increase the country's oil output.

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.