Experts warn that the water crisis in the country’s south will worsen, unless there is urgent government action.

Iraq’s judiciary on Monday ruled that a female psychiatrist in the southern city of Basra died by suicide, closing a case ...

The mysterious death of Basra psychiatrist Ban Ziyad has sparked protests and homicide allegations amid a controversial ...

Turkish energy firm Karpowership has agreed to supply Iraq with up to 590 megawatts of electricity under a short-term ...

Iraq had originally issued invitations to six companies to submit their technical and commercial proposals for the floating ...

Now, the Shatt al-Arab river, Basra’s main and only source of fresh water, is facing many challenges, including pollution, salinity and the residuals of war.

At least 60,000 people have suffered temporary poisoning due to polluted water in Iraq’s southern Basra province, Iraq’s High Commission for Human Rights (IHCHR), a parliamentary body, said ...

Fleeing Basra residents said Fedayeen, Baath loyalists, and Iraqi military and paramilitary have taken over schools and other civic buildings for use as bunkers, ammo dumps and tank storage.

First, Basra was the center of much fighting in the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s. Imposing statues -- angrily pointing fingers toward Iran and representing the war -- once lined the Shatt al-Arab.