Foreigners evacuated from Iraq gas field after protests: sources

Several dozen foreign workers were evacuated from Iraq following protests at a gas facility in the southern province of Basra, industry sources confirmed to AFP on Thursday. Five planes carrying around 40 foreign nationals working alongside the Basra Gas Company were flown out of the country on Wednesday, an industry source and an airport source said. The industry source said it was due to days of protests over late salary payments at one of the…