In 2003, Human Rights Watch researchers traveled to southern Iraq to investigate the March ... The resulting report, Ali Hasan Al-Majid and the Basra Massacre of 1999, provides evidence that ...

Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A landmine explosion in Iraq’s southern oil-rich Basra province killed three farmers from a single family and injured an additional two ...

Employees inspect the Basra Natural Gas Liquids project built by China Petroleum Engineering and Construction Corporation in Basra, Iraq, in December. DUAN MINFU/XINHUA BASRA — Hussein takes a ...

R-Zero Water Treatment Plant, Basra, 2020. Photo: Azhar Al-Rubaie ... Political and Environmental Factors Affecting Southern Iraq’s Water Shortages. LSE Middle East Centre Blog, September 2020.

Iran, the region's main Shia power, has fostered ties with Iraq's Shia majority since the downfall of long-term leader Saddam Hussein. Reuters Rioters attacked the Iranian Consulate in Basra on 7 ...

BASRA, Jan 24 (Reuters) - A fire at Iraq's Rumaila oilfield was brought under control on Friday, the country's oil ministry said in a statement, adding that there were no serious injuries.

The state-owned oil company of Iraq, Basra Oil Company (BOC), has announced that Halliburton and the country’s oil ministry are anticipated to sign a confidentiality agreement in the coming days.