Iraq News » Basra News Iraq » Basra » Events: Iraq's Basra marathon bars women after online row
Organizers of a marathon in predominantly conservative southern Iraq have decided to exclude women following furious controversy on social media pitting women's rights supporters against opponents of ...
News Iraq » Basra » Events: Iraq’s oil hub slows to a crawl as Strait of Hormuz shutdown strangles exports
Across southern Iraq, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has prompted oil fields to scale back production and focus on domestic needs, while oil prices around the globe have risen. Basra’s Zubair oil ...
News Iraq » Basra » Events: Bees, once buzzing in honey-producing Basra, hit by Iraq's water crisis
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: Beekeepers in the historic port city of Basra are struggling to maintain their age-old traditions. Drought and rising ...
News Iraq » Basra » Events: 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 ...
News Iraq » Basra » Events: 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 » Events: Iraq Suspends Operations at Basra Refinery Due to Stock Overflow
Iraq had to halt operations at the Basra refinery this weekend because of an overflow in fuel oil tanks, Reuters reported today, citing unnamed sources. The excess inventory built because of the lack ...
News Iraq » Basra » Events: Oil Exports from Iraq’s Basra Port Stop—Repair Could Take Weeks
An oil spill has forced a shutdown of all crude oil exports from Iraq’s Basra Port, oil sector sources said on Friday, cited by Reuters. With four tanker berths, the Basra oil terminal can process 3.3 ...