The above reports tended to give the impression that Basra, the second largest city of Iraq inhabited by some 1.5 million people, had been captured without a fight.

British forces have pulled out of Basra Palace, the onetime southern residence of Saddam Hussein that became the symbol of the UK's role in the US-led invasion.

A UK soldier killed in an attack on a base in the Iraqi city of Basra has been named by the Ministry of Defence. Corporal Matthew Cornish, 29, from Yorkshire, was serving with the 1st Battalion The ...

British forces were digging in around this strategic city today as the push to take and secure it turned into a siege. Allied commanders have decided an all-out advance into the densely-populated ...

British troops began their withdrawal from their final remaining base in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Sunday, ending their permanent presence in Iraq's second-largest city.

UK troops complete Basra pullback. ... The Basra palace base was handed over to Iraqi troops after the British withdrawal [AFP] Published On 3 Sep 2007 3 Sep 2007.

A soldier was killed in a mortar strike in Iraq yesterday, the first member of the British forces to die in a direct attack on a base. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent ...

U.K. Troops Withdraw From Basra Base September 2, 2007 / 4:41 PM EDT / CBS/AP British troops began withdrawing Sunday from their last remaining base inside the southern Iraqi city of Basra ...

24 missiles simultaneously on what the group said was the British base in Basra. The variety of weapons shown on the video seems more sophisticated than those used by other insurgent groups in Iraq.

A soldier was killed in a mortar strike in Iraq yesterday, the first member of the British forces to die in a direct attack on a base. Wednesday, 2 July 2025 Newsletters ...

The British diplomatic mission in Basra has been under siege for three weeks, suffering almost daily mortar attacks as security in the southern Iraq city has deteriorated dramatically. The only ...

A UK soldier killed in an attack on a base in the Iraqi city of Basra has been named by the Ministry of Defence. Corporal Matthew Cornish, 29, from Yorkshire, was serving with the 1st Battalion ...