Basra residents protest planned demolitions of informal housing units

Dozens of residents from informal housing areas protested outside the Basra Provincial Council, urging local authorities to halt planned demolitions until alternative housing or fair compensation is provided.

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Basra workers accuse Italian firm of unfair dismissals, prioritization of foreign labor

A former Bonatti employee said that the company retained foreign workers of Egyptian, Indian, Pakistani, and Russian nationalities, whose salaries are up to three times higher than those paid to Iraqi workers performing the same jobs at the same sites.

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Iraqi rights body urges action after harassment incident in Basra

IHCHR expressed “its strong condemnation and denunciation of the unfortunate incident of harassment that one of the girls was subjected to in Basra province in full view of everyone and the cameras.”

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Iraq seizes 30 containers of ‘dangerous chemicals’

Umm Qasr is Iraq’s only deep water port and the country’s second largest port in terms of size.

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Basra Provincial Council supports steps towards regionalization

17 out of the Council’s 31 members now support the Basra regionalization.

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Basra Provincial Council to begin procedures toward ascension to Region 

"Most council members are seriously committed to this resolution, and the coming days will witness clear signs on the ground confirming the council's seriousness in this historic step," Mutairi told The New Region, adding that "this step enjoys broad consensus among the various local political blocs."

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IHEC launches application for creating ‘Basra Region’

Haider Mohammed, head of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) in Basra, told state media that "the commission has provided forms to collect signatures from two percent of Basra province’s voters," adding that "after verification, and if the signatures are found to be valid, registration centers will be opened to receive applications from the remaining ten percent of voters."

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Iraqi security forces raid Basra crystal meth lab

14 individuals were arrested in the operation effected by the Iraqi National Security Service (INSS).

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Five security forces personnel injured in Basra drug trafficking raid

“The clash resulted in the injury of five personnel: four from the SWAT regiment and one from Crime Prevention with varying injuries, who are currently receiving treatment in the hospital,” a security source in Basra told The New Region.

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