By bnm Tehran bureau Dust storms originating from Iraq are forecast to impact air quality across multiple Middle Eastern ...

One of Jordan's best-known archaeological sites, only an hour's drive from Amman, the old Greco-Roman city is not to be ...

By John Lee. Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani has inaugurated ten specialised neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) ...

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China Tightens Grip on Iraq’s Energy Future with Massive Basra Megaproject By Simon Watkins - May 28, 2025, 12:00 PM CDT ...

Summer has come early for Iraq this year with temperatures hitting 49˚C in the southern city of Basra on Thursday, the national weather centre said. "It is the highest temperature recorded in Iraq ...

Real-estate development has been allowed on important sites such as Al-Hira, the pre-Islamic capital of southern Iraq, which now partly lies under the Najaf airport; Old Basra, one of the largest ...

BASRA, Iraq — The air in Basra carries a strange weight: part saline mist from the nearby Persian Gulf and part acrid smoke from the towering oil refineries that loom over the southern horizon.

The General Company for Iraqi Railways (GCIR) has signed a consultancy agreement with European transportation consultancy PTV to study and design the rehabilitation of the Basra-Rabiya railway line ...

The University of Basrah is a non-profit, public university in the city of Basra, in southern Iraq. For historic reasons, the final -h is retained on Basrah in the name of the university. Originally ...

Basra is an important economic centre for Iraq, mainly because of its oil resources, as well as being the country’s only seaport.

In addition, Basra, a predominantly Shia city, and the centre of the oil industry in the south, saw intense fighting in September 2022 between rival factions with scores of people killed and wounded.