Basra residents have relaunched a constitutional campaign for regional status, citing economic neglect, historical precedent, ...

(Highway 80 in Southern Iraq-AP) March 22, 2003 - U.S. and British forces moved in on Iraq's second-largest city Saturday, taking its airport and a bridge while Saddam Hussein's security forces ...

A local company in Basra on Tuesday implemented an iron bridge on al-Howeer river north of Basra at a total cost of 690 million Iraqi dinars ($550,000). 25 November 2008 BASRA: A local company in ...

21 April 2010 BASRA: The Basra council decided on Wednesday to increase the amounts allocated to establish al-Tanouma bridge from 125 million to 500 million Iraqi dinars ($424,000), according to ...

The allied drive for Baghdad pressed northward Saturday, its advance unimpeded by lingering resistance in the cities of Basra and Umm Qasr. The biggest hurdle thus far: moving the massive military ...

OUTSIDE BASRA, Iraq — Women clutching babies and men gripping overstuffed duffel bags had gathered Sunday at the Azubayr Bridge, hoping to flee the tumultuous city of Basra, when a signal went up from ...

SHATT AL-BASRA BRIDGE, Iraq -- For 13 days now, British artillery and American helicopters have pounded Iraqi tanks, mortar positions and government targets inside Basra. The Baath Party headquarters ...

U.S. and British forces moved in on Iraq's second-largest city Saturday, taking its airport and a bridge while Saddam Hussein's security forces resisted with artillery and heavy machine guns. U.S.