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Iraqi security forces gather outside the Kuwaiti consulate during a protest following rockets fired from the direction of Kuwait that hit a house in Khor al-Zubair, Basra, Iraq, April 7, 2026. REUTERS ...
News Iraq » Basra » Culture: 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 ...
News Iraq » Basra » Culture: Bees, once buzzing in honey-producing Basra, hit by Iraq's water crisis
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) -Bees once thrived among the date palms along the Shatt al-Arab, where Iraq's mighty Tigris and Euphrates rivers meet, but drought has shrivelled the green trees and life in the ...
News Iraq » Basra » Culture: Weekly current affairs terms (19-25 April 2026): Basra Memorial, vegetation carbon biomass, methane plumes, and phytoremediation
In April 2026, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) officially addressed a 100-year oversight by adding digital name panels to the Basra Memorial in Iraq. Meanwhile, a recent study indicates ...
News Iraq » Basra » Culture: Protesters break into Kuwaiti consulate in Iraq’s Basra after rocket attack kills three
BASRA, Iraq, April 7 (Reuters) - Protesters stormed the Kuwaiti consulate in the Iraqi city of Basra, police sources said on Tuesday, after a rocket attack fired from the direction of Kuwait killed ...