The Desert Rats have stormed into the centre of Basra to liberate the city. The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards in Challenger tanks, along with the Black Watch in armoured vehicles and the Royal ...

It examined the vulnerability of the public water network, focusing on compact water treatment units, which supply 83% of treatment capacity across Basra governorate and 92% in Basra city. There are .

City workers cleaning up the al-Ashar Canal, Basra, June 2009. Source: Wikimedia Commons. The Iraqi district of Basra, apart from being extremely oil-rich, is the country's only gateway to the sea, ...