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News Iraq » Basra » People: Voters want people, not parties in Iraq's Basra

News channel or source: https://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyle/voters-want-people-not-parties-in-iraqs-basra-idUSTRE4B803P/
Published on: Monday 08 December 2008

BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - For the first time since the fall of Saddam Hussein, Iraqis could be seeing election candidates kissing babies and canvassing neighbors when a new polling system comes into ...

News Iraq » Basra » People: Basra’s dual power: How Iraqi state and militias vie for control within striking range of Kuwait

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-ae/news/world/basra-s-dual-power-how-iraqi-state-and-militias-vie-for-control-within-striking-range-of-kuwait/ar-AA24yim4
Published on: Monday 01 June 2026

Province sits on about 70 per cent of country's oil reserves ...

News Iraq » Basra » People: Deaths, injuries reported in stampede near football stadium in Iraq's Basra

News channel or source: https://www.trtworld.com/article/12778084
Published on: Wednesday 01 April 2026

Deadly incident happened as spectators gathered to attend the final match in Basra city in the country's first international football event held in four decades.

News Iraq » Basra » People: Iraq sandstorm closes airports, puts 3,700 people in hospital

News channel or source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/04/iraq-sandstorm-closes-airports-puts-3700-people-hospital
Published on: Monday 14 April 2025

A wheelchair-user is helped across a road in dangerously low visibility in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Monday. — Hussein FALEH A sandstorm swept through Iraq, filling the air with choking dust ...

News Iraq » Basra » People: Voters want people in Iraq's Basra

News channel or source: https://www.reuters.com/article/world/voters-want-people-in-iraqs-basra-idUSTRE4B80J6/
Published on: Monday 08 December 2008

BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - For the first time since the fall of Saddam Hussein, Iraqis could be seeing election candidates kissing babies and canvassing neighbours when a new polling system comes into ...