By Mohammed Atti and Imad Creidi BASRA, Iraq, Jan 30 (Reuters) - In greenhouses and sterile laboratories west of Basra, Iraqi technicians wearing gloves and masks lift tiny date palm shoots from jars, ...

Kuwait Energy Basra Limited (KEBL) has secured a $346 million reserve-based financing facility to support the ongoing ...

To understand how Iraq has changed in the last year, look to the southern city of Basra, the heart of the Iraq's oil wealth. Earlier this month the city held peaceful elections. Iraqis walk the ...

Check today’s US dollar exchange rates in Iraq, including Baghdad, Erbil, and Basra, compared to the official Central Bank ...

Ahead of its planned operational launch in March, newly certified Iraqi carrier Basra Airlines spoke exclusively with ...

BASRA, Iraq -- Unknown assailants fired three Katyusha rockets at Iraq's Basra airport Saturday, an airport official said, after a chaotic and violent night that saw hundreds of protesters burning ...

Residents of Baghdad and Basra woke on February 8 to find shops and markets closed after traders launched a general strike in protest against a decision to raise customs tariffs, Baghdad Today ...

BASRA, IRAQ — If it weren’t for the alcohol-free drinks, the scene could have been straight out of an English pub. Young men sat in animated groups, sipping milkshakes and mugs of milky tea in a cozy, ...

CD shops sell love songs again. Some women emerge from their homes without veils, and alcohol sellers are coming out of hiding in the southern city of Basra — where religious vigilantes have long ...

Basra, in southern Iraq, contains much of the country’s oil wealth -- yet residents there are struggling just to survive. The city lacks basic services like clean water and reliable electricity, and ...