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STORY: As temperatures soar in Basra in southern Iraq, this sea water salt factory embraces the heat. The Basra Salt Factory uses large concentration basins to harness sea water and produce salt. A ...
News Iraq » Basra » History: 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 » History: 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 » History: China Tightens Grip on Iraq’s Energy Future with Massive Basra Megaproject
China's Geo-Jade Petroleum has secured a comprehensive contract package for Iraq’s first fully integrated energy project in Basra. These deals are part of broader strategic agreements like the 2019 ...
News Iraq » Basra » History: 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 » History: TotalEnergies ramps up 61MW unit at Iraq’s 1GW Basra solar project
French energy major TotalEnergies has initiated pilot operations of the first generating unit at its 1GW solar farm in Iraq’s Basra region. Pilot commissioning has begun for the first 61MW unit, which ...
News Iraq » Basra » History: 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 ...