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The leader of Iraq’s Iran-backed Asaib Ahl Al-Haq militia, Qais Al-Khazali, yesterday ordered the closure of the militia’s offices across the country following violent clashes that erupted in the southern city of Basra during which four people were killed. In a statement posted on Twitter, Al-Khazali ordered the closure of the militia’s offices until further […]
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Clashes in Iraq’s Basra kill four as crisis flares in oil-rich south
September 2nd, 2022 
Awake Goy Clashes among rival Shia Muslim militants in the Iraqi city of Basra have killed at least four people, security officials said on Thursday, as violence from a worsening political crisis hit the south of the country, Reuters reports. The unrest began with two days of intense street fighting in Baghdad earlier in the week, the […]
Bomb explosion leaves dozen dead, several wounded in Iraq’s Basra
December 8th, 2021 Awake Goy Bomb explosion leaves dozen dead, several wounded in Iraq’s Basra – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN – At least a dozen people have reportedly lost their lives and many more sustained injuries in a powerful bomb attack in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, police and medical sources say. A security source, speaking on the condition of anonymity, […]
