BAGHDAD — Tensions continued to simmer Wednesday between local Iraqi officials and British troops in the Shiite-dominated southern city of Basra, where the British this week arrested 14 law ...

Three years after the invasion of Iraq, one of its largest cities is beset by disappointment and fear. Residents of Basra say they feel forgotten by their own political leaders and embittered by ...

Once a thriving river port, the southern Iraqi city of Basra fell on hard times during the eight-year Iran-Iraq war and years of U.N. sanctions. Three years after the U.S. invasion, the city is still ...

BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki on Wednesday declared a monthlong state of emergency in the southern oil hub of Basra, saying he would deploy an army division to quell sectarian and ...

Meanwhile in Basra, a British Army helicopter was shot down killing up to five soldiers. After the helicopter crashed, a crowd of over 300 Iraqis celebrated at the crash scene. Iraqi police said five ...

British tactics in Southern Iraq were under review on Sunday night as military chiefs studied whether the dramatic loss of an army helicopter at the weekend signified a new vulnerability in the air, ...

Basra is the largest city in southern Iraq. It's situated on the Shatt al-Arab waterway, and it's Iraq's gateway to the Persian Gulf. It was a booming port and a major oil producer, and it was ...