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Firefighters hose down a burned vehicle at the site of a car bomb explosion in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 29, 2013. (AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani)

Security fears raised by explosion at major Iraqi port

by Fares Al-Sharifi | Aug 18, 2013 | Middle East

Basra, Asharq Al-Awsat—Four people were injured and a ship was damaged in an explosion in the port of Umm Qasr in the southwest of Basra governorate, Iraq, on Saturday. The port, which is one of the largest commercial ports in Iraq, was put under complete lockdown,...

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FILE – In this file photo taken in Feb. 3, 2013 – Iraqi stock traders watch the sales screen at the Iraq Stock Exchange in Baghdad, Iraq. Citigroup Inc. is set to become the first American bank to open an office under its own name in Baghdad, highlighting international financial firms’ growing interest in Iraq a decade after the U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban, File)

Citigroup to open representative office in Iraq

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 25, 2013 | Business

Dubai, Reuters—Citigroup Inc (C.N) said on Monday it had obtained approval from Iraq’s central bank to open a representative office in that country, becoming one of the first global banks to set up there since the U.S.-led invasion of 2003. The lender said it...

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Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Basra, Iraq, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Iraqi authorities say two car bombs have killed several people and wounded scores of others in the country’s south. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

Basra Suffers Simultaneous Terrorist Attacks

by Fares Al-Sharifi | Mar 18, 2013 | Middle East

Basra, Asharq Al-Awsat—Basra, southern Iraq’s largest city and the country’s only seaport on the Gulf, was subjected to two simultaneous terrorist attacks yesterday, leaving 10 dead and 18 wounded according to security and medical sources. Ali Al-Maliki, head of the...