According to <i>Al-Ahali</i> newspaper, a senior source at the Advisory Council of Nasiriyah City confirmed signing contracts with Italian and Saudi businessmen to execute a number of vital projects in the city. The same source added that the most important of these projects are the construction of a residential complex with 2,000 apartments, the establishment of four hospitals by a capacity of 90 beds per each, the construction of a water desalinizing station and the supply of drinking water to large areas, which suffered from a water shortage for a long time.
