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A fire broke out today in Umm Qasr drilling ship, the former Minister of Transport, Kadhim Finjan Al-Hamami reported. Preliminary information indicates that the fire’s cause is the negligence that most of this company’s divisions suffer from. Reports confirm that the price of the ship exceeds 65 million dollars.

Outraged protestors blocked the road leading to the Umm Qasr port in the Basra Governorate in the far south of Iraq. A source told Alghadeer News the protestors demanded better services in the city, most notably power and water. “The protestors blocked the road with buses to hinder the trucks …

Iraq’s Border Ports Authority seized a hoard of dangerous chemicals in Umm Qasr port in Basra on Friday, INA news agency reported.

Security forces have allegedly fired on protesters in southern Iraq, killing at least five people and wounding dozens of others. Iraqis have been protesting for weeks against corruption, misgovernance and a lack of jobs. Security forces opened fire on protesters in southern Iraq on Sunday, killing at least five people …

Iraqi security forces have regained control over three bridges in the central parts Baghdad, ending days-long partial blockades of the key passageways into the capital city’s heavily-fortified Green Zone by anti-government protesters. Iraqi forces were able to disperse protesters from the al-Sinek, al-Shuhada, and al-Ahrar bridges and expand the safety …

Four protesters shot dead at least in central Baghdad on Thursday, police and medical sources said, as weeks of deadly unrest showed no signs of abating. Another 35 people were wounded in the clashes near Shuhada Bridge, they said, as mass demonstrations continued for a 13th straight day with thousands …

A port and oil refinery in southern Iraq has resumed operations after anti-government protesters, who were blocking the roads leading to both sites, left the areas. Port officials, security and oil sources said that the Umm Qasr commodities port near Basra, and the Nassiriya oil refinery in Dhi Qar province, …

Protestors in Iraq on Wednesday blocked the entrance of two oil refineries in southern Iraq as nationwide demonstrations rage on. Security and oil sources said demonstrators blocked the entrance of the Nassiriya oil refinery, obstructing tankers that transport fuel to petrol stations from entering the facility, Reuters reports. The incident …

The blocking of Iraq’s major Umm Qasr port on the Gulf by anti-government protesters has cost the country over $6 billion so far, a spokesman for Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Wednesday. “The closure of the Umm Qasr port harms the country. Hundreds of trucks are still parked. …

Talks on amendments to the Iraqi constitution began on Tuesday as internet access was cut in Baghdad amid renewed clashes in the capital. The first meeting of a parliamentary committee that was formed last month to oversee the drafting of constitutional adjustments took place in parliament, with officials hoping it …

The General Company for Ports of Iraq announced on Sunday its thanks and appreciation to the demonstrators in Khor Al-Zubair area for their high sense of responsibility towards the flow of national demonstrations. The company explained in a statement received by Shafaq News that “the demonstration and demanding rights are …

Iraq’s Umm Qasr commodities port near Basra was operating at only around 20% of the normal level on Tuesday after protesters blocked its entrance, port employees and local officials said. “Port operations were reduced to 20 percent because the replacement workers couldn’t join the work,” said a port manager. Thousands …