The wreck of the Al Mansur ('The Victor'), in the Shatt al-Arab, Basra. The 120-metre / 7,539 tonne superyacht was designed by Knud E Hansen in Denmark, built by the Wärtsila Shipyard in Finland and was delivered in 1983 for Saddam Hussein. On March 27, 2003 during the US-led invasion, two Grumman F-14 Tomcats from the USS Constellation attacked and bombed the ship.

A recently constructed Italian designed suspension bridge over the Shatt al-Arab that opened for its first traffic in August 2017.

The former Saddam Hussein Presidential Palaces Compound on the Shatt al-Arab in Basra, Southern Iraq.