Meanwhile, helicopters buzz overhead providing air cover, and teams of divers are also checking wharves and jetties at the port of Umm Qasr itself. |
One, called the Qasr al-Nile bridge, runs past the high-rise Semiramis Hotel directly into the square. |
At least 65 of the electricity transmission towers supplying the port of Umm Qasr and the southern oilfields have been destroyed. |
Omar Makram Mosque and Qasr el-Doubara Church cross-referenced specialisations. |
The charity said most areas were inaccessible to aid organisations and there was evidence of a humanitarian crisis in Umm Qasr in the south and Kirkuk in the north. |
Divers from Britain, Australia and the United States are continuing to check the wharves and jetties of Umm Qasr port. |