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.

Clashes among rival Shi'ite Muslim militants in the Iraqi city of Basra have killed at least four people, security officials said on Thursday, as violence from a worsening political crisis hit the ...

The Siraji Mosque with its minaret was built in 1727. The mosque itself was not included in the demolition. Basra’s governor, Asaad al-Eidani, said in public statements that the local government ...

Archaeologists solve mystery of Iraq’s huge network of ridges and canals. The researchers reviewed images from the 1960s showing the remains of more than 7,000 massive ridges ...

Oil exports from Iraq's Basra oil terminal are being gradually resumed after they were halted last night due to a spillage, which had now been contained, Basra Oil Company said on Friday.

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Baghdad: Iraq has announced the discovery of an ancient city dating back to the Abbasid era in Basra Governorate, southern Iraq, estimated to be more than 1,200 years old.