Basra Council to vote on new projects

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Basra Provincial Council will be voting on the new projects on Tuesday (May 18). “The projects are funded by Basra revenues from oil production and border points,” a source from the council told IraqiNews.com news agency on Tuesday. He noted that the council will have a meeting tomorrow to approve the projects. The oil-rich city of Basra lies 590 km south of Baghdad. MH (P)/SR 2