Construction of the Grand Faw Port in Basra

BASRA, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 6: A view of Grand Faw Port in Basra on November 6, 2024. The Development Road Project, for which a Memorandum of Understanding for Joint Cooperation was signed between Turkiye, Iraq, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, is expected to start from the Grand Faw Port, which is under construction in the southern Iraqi city of Basra and will be one of the largest ports in the Middle East with the world's longest breakwater of 14,523 meters. The project will also connect Iraq to Asia and Europe via Turkiye via land and rail lines, aiming to reduce transportation time and transform Iraq into a transit center. (Photo by Murtadha Al-Sudani/Anadolu via Getty Images)