Iraq News » Basra News Iraq » Basra » Social: Iraq: Basra arrests 27 in ‘wife swapping’ network; social media scandal triggers outrage and legal reform calls
News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/crime/general/iraq-basra-arrests-27-in-wife-swapping-network-social-media-scandal-triggers-outrage-and-legal-reform-calls/ar-AA1FcSAh
Published on: Wednesday 21 May 2025
Dubai: Iraqi security forces have arrested 27 individuals — both wives and husbands — in a covert “wife swapping” network that has provoked widespread moral outrage and highlighted a gap in the ...
News Iraq » Basra » Social: Iraq's Basra marathon bars women after online row
News channel or source: https://www.ucanews.com/news/iraqs-basra-marathon-bars-women-after-online-row/104098
Published on: Thursday 08 February 2024
Organizers of a marathon in predominantly conservative southern Iraq have decided to exclude women following furious controversy on social media pitting women's rights supporters against opponents of ...