A string of bombings in the southern oil city of Basra killed 19 people Thursday evening... Bombs in open-air market in Basra, Iraq, kill 19 SF Gate Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

The toll from bombings at a busy market in Basra rose to at least 25 killed and 70 wounded, most of them army and police officers, after officials in the Iraqi city provided a fuller account of ...

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The bomb, believed to have been placed under an electricity generator, sparked a fire which swept through the al-Ashaar market in the city 550km (340 miles) from Baghdad.

Basra’s decline began in the early 1980s with the Iran-Iraq war, when frequent Iranian shelling forced hundreds of thousands to flee, ... al-Sadr has the street.

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.

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Crude futures closed lower Tuesday, reversing gains that took them above $29 a barrel for the first time in five days after an uprising against Saddam Hussein's regime in the ...

The firing of rockets toward American diplomatic missions in Iraq after protesters torched the Iranian consulate in Basra raised tensions as the U.S. and Iran vie to shape the country’s next ...