Basra's Back in Business

Children playing in the street
Abbie Trayler-Smith/Panos for TIME

Water to Grow
Concerns about security have been overtaken by new complaints about the city's crumbling infrastructure. Britain's development ministry DFID has provided access to water to 1 million Basrawis, but many residents still lack such basic services.

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