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A refrigerator truck crashed into a group of children in Basra, Iraq, killing six and injuring 14.
2024-04-2

One person is killed and around 60 others are injured during a stampede at a stadium in Basra, Iraq. It is suspected that the incident occurred when some people tried to push their way into the stadium.
2023-01-19

Four civilians are killed and four more are injured in an ISIL motorcycle bombing near a hospital in Basra, Iraq.
2021-12-7

Thousands of Iraqis take to the streets in Baghdad and major southern cities, including Basra and Najaf, to both mark the anniversary of the protests and renew calls to end corruption. Security forces in central Baghdad threw tear gas to prevent marchers from crossing strategic bridges, injuring at least six, and around 43 officers were injured after protesters threw Molotov cocktails at them.
2020-10-25

A car bombing near a bus station in Garmat Ali near the Iraqi city of Basra kills at least 10 people.
2013-03-17

The United Kingdom announces its intention to close its consulate in Basra, Iraq.
2012-10-16

A suicide bomber kills at least 53 people and injures more than 130 in the Iraqi city of Basra.
2012-01-14

Three roadside bombs detonate in the Iraqi city of Basra, killing at least 19 people and injuring 67.
2011-11-24

Bomb attacks in the Iraqi cities of Karbala, Najaf and Basra kill at least nineteen people and injure scores more.
2010-11-8

The death toll of Saturday's explosion in Basra, Iraq, rises to 43, with the number of injured people being over 100. Police say the explosion was as a result of a power generator short-circuiting but other sources claim it was due to a car bomb.
2010-08-8