Basra (Arabic: ٱلْبَصْرَة, romanized: al-Baṣrah) is an Iraqi city located on the Shatt al-Arab.It had an estimated population of 1.4 million in 2018. Basra is also Iraq's main port, although it does not have deep water access, which is handled at the port of Umm Qasr.. The city is one of the ports from which the fictional Sinbad the Sailor journeyed.

Iraq's 18 governorates are subdivided into 120 districts . The district usually bears the same name as the district capital. ... Basra Governorate. Abu Al-Khaseeb District (Abu Al-Khaseeb) Al-Midaina District ; Al ... Erbil Governorate is part of Iraqi Kurdistan, while the status of the southern Makhmur District is contested.

May 11, 2022 · WFP Iraq Country Brief, March 2022 Format Situation Report Source. WFP; Posted 27 Apr 2022 Originally published 27 Apr 2022. Iraq + 1 more. Iraq Annual Country Report 2021: Country Strategic Plan ...

Workers walk past energy installations in Iraq's southern Basra Governorate on Sept. 22, 2021. (Photo via Getty Images) Since taking office in May 2020, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi has placed the activation of an oil pipeline to Jordan at the top of his agenda. The idea is to transfer crude from the southern city of Basra to the ...

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Dec 19, 2021 · AFP Photo ???? @hussein.faleh.raheem - An Iraqi youth stands on the bank of the Shatt al-Arab waterway in the Nahr Bin Omar village, as flare stacks burn in the eponymous oil field and installation across the water, in Iraq's southern Basra governorate. December, 2021.