Saddam hussein
Iraq's former PM who helped fuel ISIS makes unlikely comeback - analysis
Nouri al-Maliki let ISIS take over a third of Iraq in 2014. He spent years in the political wilderness, but now he is angling for a third term as prime minister.
'Delayed deaths': UK report claims chemical agents used on Iranian protesters
United Nations General Assembly elects former Iraqi President to lead UN refugee agency
Iran 'paid heavy price' for supporting proxies, Palestinians, ex-FM Zarif says at Doha Forum
Saddam-era ‘red devil’ leader Douri reported dead – again
After the US invasion al-Douri vanished and became one of the world's most wanted men. His family was detained but he evaded capture.
The 30th anniversary of the outbreak of the Gulf War: A Cuban perspective
At the end of July, we were on a family vacation in Havana. We had flown from Mexico with a boisterous group of young Danish Communists on their way to cut sugar cane in the Marxist paradise.
30 years after Gulf War: 7 reasons it matters so much today
While the US stumbled in confronting the crisis in July 1990, George Bush quickly assembled a massive coalition to destroy Saddam Hussein’s army.
Iran FM: We will never forget US, Europe complicity with Saddam Hussein
The Iraqi attack on Sardasht, in the Iranian province of West Azerbaijan, on June 28, 1987, led to the deaths of 30 people, including 109 civilians. Over 4,500 people were injured in the attack.
13-year-old girls sold for so-called 'pleasure marriages' in Iraq
This custom is permitted by Sharia law, one of the clerics said, adding that marrying such a young girl temporarily is acceptable.
Iran to include NGO against nuclear in list of terrorist organizations
The announcement followed reports that United Against Nuclear Iran's summit would include a fringe Iranian diaspora group, Mujahideen-e Khalq, which had close ties with Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
Germany, which armed Saddam Hussein, says Kurdish state would harm peace
Chancellor Merkel supports Kurdish rights to autonomy
Iraq unearths mass grave of Kurds killed by Saddam
"The new Iraq must never forget these crimes that were committed against Iraqi people from all groups," said Iraqi President Barham Salih.
How Bush’s Mideast plans got overturned by a multi-polar world
He came into office in January 1989, just three months before the Tiananmen Square protests began in China.
George H.W. Bush, 41st U.S. president, dead at 94
Bush, the 41st president of the United States, lived longer than any of his predecessors. His death at 10:10 p.m. Central time was announced in a statement issued by longtime spokesman Jim McGrath.
