As the delegation entered the People’s Palace, its unchanged façade prompted ... as a counterbalance against [Iraqi President] Saddam Hussein’s regime to safeguard Damascus from being toppled.

Archaeologists are painstakingly putting together artefacts at Nimrud shattered by Islamic State jihadists, undaunted by the colossal task A decade after jihadists ransacked Iraq's famed Nimrud site, ...

Those who do make their way here, are often in the modern cafes of Baghdad working their way ... confines of television news stories – Saddam’s Palace, Hatra and the twisted minaret of Sumara ...

ALTHOUGH religious leaders had failed in spring 2003 to dissuade the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, from pursuing military action to oust President Saddam Hussein of Iraq, they continued to lobby to curb ...

The family’s return was made possible by amnesty declared in 1990 by Baghdad for Kurds who had left the country ... When this young Kurd from Halabja visited one of Saddam Hussein’s palaces in Tikrit, ...

Baghdad fell quickly on April 9, and Saddam went into hiding. He was caught by US forces on December 13, 2003. After Saddam Hussein's fall, the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA ...

Inclusivity and moderation are indeed immediate priorities for Syria, but a big national vote is not. Democracy does not ...

Take post-Saddam Hussein Iraq as a case in point. After the Iraqi dictator was overthrown by a U.S.-led coalition in 2003, President George W. Bush asked Ambassador Paul Bremer to act as Iraq’s ...

The collapse of Saddam Hussein’s regime, following the US-led invasion, prompted Dr Saleh al-Atabi to flee to Britain and seek asylum Credit: INA/EPA The Ba’ath party was used by Saddam to ...

A 34-year-old Muslim man converted to Hinduism to marry his girlfriend with whom he had an affair for the past 10 years, changing his name from Saddam to Shivshankar, police said on Monday.

Iraqi President Saddam Hussein will deliver a televised speech ... Meanwhile, a civilian militia that could be a bulwark in defending Baghdad against a possible U.S. invasion has carried out ...