Iraq News » Basra News Iraq » Basra » Government: Iraq’s impossible predicament: why the country is trapped between Iran and the US
With the outbreak of this year’s war, Iraq’s balancing act between the two antagonists has collapsed, exposing a perilously fragile state ...
News Iraq » Basra » Government: US-backed effort to disarm Iraq’s Iran-linked militias hits setback, experts say
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi vowed to restrict weapons to state control, but militias like Asaib Ahl al-Haq show no credible disarmament evidence.
News Iraq » Basra » Government: Iraqi protester dies of tear gas canister in Basra
The demonstrator died after he was hit in his head by a gas canister in the protests that erupted late on Tuesday in front of the Basra Governorate building.
News Iraq » Basra » Government: Iraq advances Chevron, UCC-backed pipeline to Syria
Iraq is pushing forward with a vital oil pipeline project with US energy company Chevron, TE, and Qatar’s UCC, which would link Basra to Fishkhabur and branch […] ...
News Iraq » Basra » Government: Four people dead as Shia rivals exchange fire in Iraq's Basra
Two militiamen from cleric Muqtada al Sadr's Saraya al Salam group and another two from Asaib Ahl al Haq paramilitary group were killed in tit-for-tat attacks.
News Iraq » Basra » Government: Iraq’s Oil Exports Surpass Three Million Barrels Per Day
Oil Minister Bassem Mohammed Khudhair says Iraq is diversifying its export routes and advancing a strategic pipeline project linking Basra to Fishkhabur and Türkiye.
News Iraq » Basra » Government: Basra’s dual power: How Iraqi state and militias vie for control within striking range of Kuwait
Caught in the crossfire of the Iran war, the province of Basra in Iraq's southern tip is home to militia groups that wield significant influence over the local economy. V-shaped and forming a wedge ...
News Iraq » Basra » Government: Iraq delays deadline for Iran-backed Shiite militias to hand over weapons
Senior official says original Sept. 30 disarmament deadline was actually date for departure of US forces, does not provide updated timeline for arms handover ...
News Iraq » Basra » Government: Indian national killed in Iranian boat attack on oil tanker in Iraq's Basra coast
An Indian national has reportedly been killed in an attack on a US-owned oil tanker near Iraq after an Iranian “suicide” boat targeted the vessel inside Iraqi territorial waters, according to sources.