Basra Airlines launched operations with the arrival of its first aircraft, named 'Shatt Al-Arab,' as the new carrier establishes Basra International Airport as its center.

15 February 2009 BASRA, Iraq -- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki underscored the need for energy cooperation with Basra on Friday, saying that Iran is currently drawing up a new road map ...

BASRA, Iraq — Iraqi security forces deployed on the streets of Basra on Saturday, a day after protesters in the southern city stormed the Iranian consulate and torched government buildings in violence ...

On Friday morning, the protests in Basra continued. The day was young, and it was already a scalding 43 degrees centigrade (109 degrees Fahrenheit). By the afternoon it was even hotter. The protests ...

BAGHDAD — Ambassador Ryan Crocker first learned of the Iraqi plan on March 21: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki would be heading to Basra with Iraqi troops to bring order to the city. But the Iraqi ...