Iraq News » Basra News Iraq » Basra: Iraq advances Japanese loan port projects as Grand Faw reach 98%
Iraq’s Ministry of Transport is advancing a new floating dock and shipyard city via Japanese financing, as Grand Faw Port’s submerged tunnel reaches 98% completion.
News Iraq » Basra: Iraq increases port capacity
The Iraqi Ministry of Transport has announced that the country's ports can now handle twice as much cargo as they could in the past.
News Iraq » Basra: Iraq closes Sheeb border crossing with Iran to review security, sources say
Iraq has closed the busy Sheeb border crossing with Iran to review security and install detection equipment to stop the smuggling of prohibited materials, an Iraqi border ...
News Iraq » Basra: Two oil tankers set ablaze in Iraqi territorial waters off Basra coast in Persian Gulf amid Middle-East tensions | WATCH
Two fuel tankers were reportedly attacked near the southern coast of Basra on Wednesday night. Iraqi officials said two fuel tankers were struck by boats carrying explosives in waters close to Iraq’s ...
News Iraq » Basra: Idle workers, empty wharves: Hormuz blockade hits Iraq’s oil hub of Basra
In the Iraqi oil hub of Basra, maintenance contractor Fawzi spends his days cooling his heels waiting for work that seldom comes, as the Middle East war puts ...
News Iraq » Basra: PM al-Zaidi’s Image, US Flag Burned During PMF Protest in Basra
Protesters demand release of detained PMF members as tensions rise over Baghdad’s push to bring armed groups under state control ...
News Iraq » Basra: Rock the Basra
Captain Omran Radhi can barely contain his excitement as he opens a plastic-bound agenda to a map of the world and explains Iraq’s plans for regional domination of the shipping industry. “You see?” he ...
News Iraq » Basra: Photos show daily life in Iraq's Basra near Iranian border as war slows trade
BASRA, Iraq (AP) — In Basra, southern Iraq, daily routines go on under the weight of the Iran war, as workers unload cargo at Umm Qasr Port and operations slow at the nearby Zubair oil field. At the ...