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 ...

The Iraqi cabinet has approved an “amicable settlement” with Russia’s Lukoil over the transfer of operations of the West Qurna-2 oilfield, one of the world’s largest, to the state-run Basra Oil ...

OUTSIDE BASRA, Iraq — Women clutching babies and men gripping overstuffed duffel bags had gathered Sunday at the Azubayr Bridge, hoping to flee the tumultuous city of Basra, when a signal went up from ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...