The British intelligence Officer sailed on daring missions during the First World War with a skull and crossbones flag after ...

An exceptional posthumous Victoria Cross awarded to First World War sailor who was dubbed the 'Pirate of Basra' has sold for ... garrison in Mesopotamia, now Iraq, in April 1916.

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A 22-year-old British soldier has been killed in a "tragic accident" in Iraq, the Ministry of Defence ... was killed in Basra on Saturday, an MoD spokesman said. He said: "It is with very deep ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s electricity ministry on Thursday announced plans to build a large solar power plant in Basra province that will produce 1,000 megawatts of electricity as Baghdad ...

Iraq is preparing to award its first fully integrated energy project in Basra, which will combine upstream oil and gas production with downstream refining, petrochemicals, and power generation, ...