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 ...

The skirmish -- in which the Iraqis made use of human shields, mobile weapons and panic -- underscored the problems facing British soldiers as they try to take Basra, Iraq’s second-largest city.

A man holds a national flag while protesters burn the municipal complex during protests demanding better public services and jobs in Basra, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018.

Basra's Mysterious Creatures. By ABC News. July 13, 2007, 3:18 PM. July 13, 2007 — -- Something's afoot in Basra… Supposed sightings of a ferocious man-eating creature roaming the streets ...

Basra is a city of 2 million people, predominantly Shiite. An estimated 200,000 to 300,000 Sunnis, and perhaps 5,000 or 6,000 Christians, live in the area. Advertisement ...

Members of the 2515th Naval Air Ambulance Detachment at the Basra International Airport provide MEDEVAC support to the the Soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines of US Division-South..

Condemnation grew in Iraq after a 300-year-old minaret, viewed as a heritage site by the Ministry of Culture, was demolished in the southern city of Basra on Friday.

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 ...