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Iraq's Transport Ministry dismissed airspace closure risks, opening 9 new routes from Baghdad, Kirkuk, and Basra, with Q3 2026 passenger traffic topping 500,000.
News Iraq » Basra » Security: Protesters break into Kuwaiti consulate in Iraq’s Basra after rocket attack kills three
Iraqi security forces gather outside the Kuwaiti consulate during a protest following rockets fired from the direction of Kuwait that hit a house in Khor al-Zubair, Basra, Iraq, April 7, 2026. REUTERS ...
News Iraq » Basra » Security: 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 » Security: 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 » Security: Drone hits ship near Basra as Iran crisis reaches Iraq oil hub
A drone hit a ship near Iraq’s Basra oil terminal on Thursday, pulling Iraq’s main crude-export hub into the widening Iran crisis even as Baghdad said loading operations were continuing normally.
News Iraq » Basra » Security: Iraqi oil loadings briefly suspended after drone hits tanker at Basra, sources say
Iraq briefly suspended oil loadings on Thursday after a drone hit an oil tanker at its Basra terminal, four Iraqi oil and security sources told Reuters, before later resuming them. The drone did not ...
News Iraq » Basra » Security: 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 ...