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Today, Wednesday, the Supreme Commission for Coordination between the Governorates held an expanded meeting with the aim of confronting the crisis of declining water releases in the central and southern governorates, during which several proposals were put forward to address water scarcity. The authority stated in a statement seen by...
The Supreme Administrative Court rejected the lawsuit filed by the former head of the Basra Investment Authority, Alaa Abdul Hussein Salman, against the Governor of Basra, Asaad Al-Eidani, regarding the appeal of the administrative order that terminated his assignment from office. The court's decision, which...
The former British ambassador to Iraq, John Wilkes, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, confirmed that the situation in Basra, the second largest city in Iraq, is witnessing signs of stability and tangible improvement, despite the continuing major challenges in basic services. And...
The file of converting Al-Zubair district into a governorate independent from Basra has returned to the forefront again after a directive from Prime Minister Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani to the Ministry of Planning to proceed with the necessary official procedures for the conversion, but the directive was soon canceled in a second letter...
The official spokesman for the Ministry of Water Resources, Khaled Shamal, confirmed that there have been no official reports regarding drinking water pollution in the Iraqi governorates, stressing the need for all government institutions to commit to not dumping pollutants into rivers. North pointed in...
Today, the local administration in Safwan district, southwest of Basra, announced the start of establishing a water desalination plant with a production capacity of one thousand cubic meters per hour, on a land area of 19 dunums. The acting judiciary, Talib Al-Hosouna, said in a statement...
Today, Friday, the Ministry of Water Resources reassured citizens in the Middle Euphrates governorates about water quality, denying what was reported in some media about the contamination of drinking water in a number of areas. The Ministry confirmed in a statement followed by Al-Rai that technical teams...
The Governor of Basra, Asaad Abdul Amir Al-Eidani, discussed with the Turkish Consul in Basra Muhannad Ozkun a number of common files, most notably diplomatic coordination and service cooperation between the governorate and Ankara. A statement from the governor’s office, followed by Al-Raya, stated...