VOICE OF ZAA NKWETA, PRESENTER: After a week of heavy clashes, fighting in Basra has calmed down, Muqtada al-Sadr has pulled his Mahdi Army fighters off the streets, and Nouri al-Maliki declared the ...

The outcome of the Battle of Basra is still unclear. But as things stabilize in that critical city—the southern gateway to Iraq's oil wealth—Basra may well turn out to be Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ...

This column was written by Robert Dreyfuss. At the start of the military offensive launched last week into Basra by US-trained Iraqi army forces, President Bush called the action by Prime Minister ...

Director, Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom and Bernard and Barbara Lomas Fellow Nile Gardiner is Director of The Heritage Foundation’s Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom and Bernard and Barbara ...

All sides in the American debate over Iraq agree that the Iraqi government and army ought to take responsibility for security in the country as soon as possible. In that sense, the decision by Iraqi ...

A massive convoy of British infantry started rolling to Basra from the southern outskirts Monday in what appeared to be a major move to secure the old section of the city, the last substantial pocket ...

Early Saturday afternoon, the BBC published reports that the forces had taken the southern city but were continuing to battle sporadic opposition in parts of Basra. "The BBC's David Willis says U.S.

ZAA NKWETA, PRESENTER (VOICEOVER): In Basra, Iraqi army troops and Madhi Army gunmen loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr engaged in a firefight on Wednesday, the second day of heavy clashes. Iraq’s ...

In an about-face, British forces said Tuesday they have decided to move against militia fighters who have prevented them from securing the southern Iraqi city of Basra and helping its residents.

Coalition forces had hoped to avoid entering Basra, for fear of getting bogged down in urban warfare. But tenacious resistance in the city -- there are an estimated 1,000 pro-Saddam fighters, plus an ...

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Here’s Marc Lynch trying to turn charcoal into gold: . . .the campaign could be positive if it restored the sovereignty of the Iraqi state over Basra. I’ve been arguing for many months for the urgency ...