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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's Basra unrest erupts after deadly rocket strike, Kuwaiti consulate stormed
Tensions flared sharply in southern Iraq after angry protesters stormed and vandalised Kuwait's consulate in Basra on Tuesday, following a deadly rocket attack that killed at least three people in ...
News Iraq » Basra » People: 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 » People: Names and Surnames: Iraq Edition
The naming system in Iraq has been deeply shaped by a long history dating back to the Mesopotamian civilization, a strong sense of lineage among Arab nomadic tribes, Islamic traditions (especially the ...
News Iraq » Basra » People: 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 » People: 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 » People: Soccer fans hopeful ahead of Gulf Cup in Iraqi city of Basra
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BASRA, Iraq (AP) — For many Iraqis, the ...
News Iraq » Basra » People: As US leaves, cheap Iraqi oil comes with a catch for India
Iraq is India's second-largest crude supplier after Russia, supplying 47.11 million tonnes in 2025-26, but as US troops leave, its oil trade faces four major vulnerabilities.
News Iraq » Basra » People: 5 US soldiers killed in Iraq bombing
A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden truck into a sandbagged wall surrounding a police headquarters in northern Iraq on Friday, killing five American soldiers.