By bnm Gulf bureau Iraq's Minister of Industry, Khaled Battal Najm, signed a contract with China's Shang Xin company to build ...

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, ...