R-Zero Water Treatment Plant, Basra, 2020. Photo: Azhar Al-Rubaie. In summer 2018 protests erupted in Basra amidst a water contamination crisis, with over 100,000 admitted to hospital by the end of ...

Iraq is preparing to award its first fully integrated energy project in Basra, which will combine upstream oil and gas production with downstream refining, petrochemicals, and power generation, ...