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Soccer fans hopeful ahead of Gulf Cup in Iraqi city of Basra
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFor many Iraqis, the first international soccer tournament their country is hosting in more than...
Iraqis are furious over their government's demolition of a minaret that stood for nearly 300 years
Associated Press via AOL· 10 months agoFor three centuries, the al-Siraji Mosque, with its minaret fashioned from weathered bricks and its...
Iraq's water crisis drying up fish farming in Basra
Reuters via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIraq is in the grip of a severe water shortage which has left crop growers and food producers such as Iraqi fish farmer Qasem Karam facing the loss of...
Clashes in Iraq's Basra kill four as crisis flares in oil-rich south
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) -Clashes among rival Shi'ite Muslim militants in the Iraqi city of Basra have...
Iraqi officials condemn demolition of 300-year-old minaret in Basra
CNN via Yahoo News· 10 months agoCondemnation grew in Iraq after a 300-year-old minaret, viewed as a heritage site by the Ministry of...
Oil prices up after Basra spill, but log weekly decline
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoNEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices rose slightly on Friday as a spill at Iraq's Basra terminal appeared...
Stampede outside stadium in Iraq kills 2, injures dozens
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA stampede outside a stadium in southern Iraq on Thursday killed at least two people and injured...
Woman claims Vogue YouTube video accidentally linked to internal revenue spreadsheet
The Independent via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA woman has claimed that a link on Vogue’s YouTube channel allegedly brought her to an internal...
Saddam Hussein's yachts were once signs of luxury. Now, one is a wrecked picnic spot for fishermen...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn aerial view of the 'Al-Mansur' yacht, once belonging to former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein,...
Thousands protest in Iraq for a second day over burning of Quran in Sweden
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoBASRA, Iraq (AP) — Thousands of followers of a firebrand Iraqi Shiite cleric rallied in major cities...