Large swathes of Iraq's second city are under the control of British troops after the Desert Rats and Royal Marines stormed into Basra. One British soldier was killed during the attack ...

Employees inspect the Basra Natural Gas Liquids project built by China Petroleum Engineering and Construction Corporation in Basra, Iraq, in December. DUAN MINFU/XINHUA BASRA — Hussein takes a ...

In 2003, Human Rights Watch researchers traveled to southern Iraq to investigate the March ... The resulting report, Ali Hasan Al-Majid and the Basra Massacre of 1999, provides evidence that ...

BASRA, Iraq, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Hussein takes a deep breath as he rolls down his car window during his morning commute, something unthinkable just a few years ago in this oil-rich city where ...