Basra
- Middle East
300-year-old minaret of Iraq mosque demolished for road widening
Baghdad: Widespread anger was witnessed in Iraq after the 300-year-old minaret of Al-Saraji Mosque in the southern city of Basra was demolished at dawn on Friday. The demolition was conducted by the…
- Middle East
Iraq, Turkey to build transportation corridor linking Basra to Turkish border
Ankara: Turkey and Iraq will build a land and railroad transportation corridor stretching from the Iraqi province of Basra to the Turkish border, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. “We have tasked…
- Opinions
The pearl that connected Hyderabad and Basra
The pearl associated with the moon was one of Hyderabad’s prized commodities of trade in the 19th century. The ‘pearl boom’ years—1850 to 1930—was a time when about 4000 to 5000 pearls…
