The resumption adds Basra as the fourth Iraqi destination from Sharjah, following Baghdad, Najaf and Erbil
Basra
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Basra
Iraq sees steady oil prices and considers buying Exxon stake
The minister also said Iraq would spend $3 billion in the next five years to boost Basra Oil’s natural-gas output by around 40 percent to 950 million standard cubic feet a day
Baghdad
Dubai’s Careem expands Iraq operations with Basra launch
Basra is the third Iraqi city in which Careem operates, following its entry into Baghdad and Najaf
Basra
Iraqis turn to budding ecotourism to save marshes
Straddling Iraq’s famous Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the Mesopotamian marshes are a rare aquatic ecosystem in a country nearly half of which is covered in cracked desert
Basra
Video: Teachers help kids overcome war traumas
Iraq hasn’t been at peace for almost 15 years – and many of its children are born and raised in war.
AFC
FIFA lifts three-decade ban on Iraq hosting international matches
FIFA didn’t agree to request from the Iraqi authorities to organise matches in the capital Baghdad
2018 World Cup
In pictures: International friendly between Iraq and Saudi Arabia in Basra
It is the first time football-mad Iraq, who almost made the cut for the 2018 World Cup themselves, have hosted an international match since 1990.
2018 World Cup
Asia football boss wants Iraq back in full international fold
Iraq defeated Saudi Arabia in friendly played in Basra
2018 World Cup
Iraq, Saudi face off in bout of football diplomacy
Iraq is hosting a football international against Saudi Arabia on Wednesday for the first time in almost four decades, in a friendly encounter with high diplomatic and political stakes.
With its match in the southern city of Basra against the Saudis who have qualified for the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia, Iraq aims to strengthen […]
Arbil
Iraq urges FIFA to lift ban on hosting internationals
The country has not played full internationals on home turf for almost three decades
Arists
In pictures: Iraqi artists play Operetta in Basra
The show included theatre, poetry and musical performances at the first theatre to open in nearly 15 years in the southeastern city of Basra.
Basra
In pictures: Third edition of Basra Fashion Night
A model displays a creation during the Basra Fashion Night event in the southern Iraqi city of Basra
Basra
World football legends play exhibition match in Basra
Legends, which included Spain’s Michel Salgado, beat Iraq team 5-4 in front of 65,000 fans