Saddam Hussein

Israel faces threats ranging from rockets to nuclear: defense minister

Israel faces a wide variety of threats ranging from Islamic militants wielding missiles and rockets ...

Oct 28, 2015 01:26 AM EDT

Britain's Blair says 2003 Iraq invasion played role in Islamic State rise

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair acknowledged the 2003 invasion of Iraq played a part in the...

Oct 26, 2015 08:14 AM EDT

Middle East would be more stable if Saddam, Gaddafi still in power: Trump

U.S. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said on Sunday the Middle East would be more ...

Oct 04, 2015 06:56 PM EDT

Iraq PM sacks cabinet officials, says reform drive under threat

Iraq's prime minister dismissed his cabinet secretary on Wednesday as part of an ambitious reform dr...

Aug 13, 2015 03:57 AM EDT

Saddam's former army is secret of Baghdadi's success

A year after declaring his caliphate, it is clear that the secret of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's success ...

Jun 17, 2015 05:55 AM EDT

Iraq Shi'ite militia take lead in campaign to reverse Islamic State gains

Iraq's Shi'ite paramilitaries said on Tuesday they had taken charge of the campaign to drive Islamic...

May 26, 2015 11:02 AM EDT

Russia offers military aid to Iraq during PM visit

Russia offered visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi military and other aid on Thursday to h...

May 22, 2015 09:44 AM EDT

Statue row blots Mandela's post-apartheid vision for South Africa

South Africa's University of Cape Town removed a statue of British imperialist Cecil Rhodes on Thurs...

Apr 10, 2015 10:54 AM EDT

Public Saudi welcome for Iran nuclear deal masks private unease

Saudi Arabia, whose late King Abdullah once urged the United States to "cut off the head of the snak...

Apr 04, 2015 06:53 AM EDT

Iraqi forces try to seal off Islamic State around Tikrit

Thousands of Iraqi soldiers and Shi'ite militiamen sought to seal off Islamic State fighters in Tikr...

Mar 03, 2015 08:49 AM EST

Iraq army and Shi'ite militias launch attacks north of Baghdad

Iraq's armed forces, backed by Shi'ite militia, attacked Islamic State strongholds north of Baghdad ...

Mar 02, 2015 07:50 AM EST

Baghdad's decade-old curfew to end on Saturday, Iraq's PM says

Baghdad's decade-old curfew will end on Saturday and four neighborhoods will be "demilitarized", Ira...

Feb 05, 2015 08:20 AM EST

After victory in key Iraqi town, time for revenge

After helping government forces break Islamic State's grip over a strategic town just south of Baghd...

Oct 26, 2014 09:31 PM EDT

Britain may use mediaeval treason law to tackle Islamist fighters

Britain may use a mediaeval law dating to 1351 to charge citizens with treason if they go to fight w...

Oct 17, 2014 07:54 AM EDT

Who runs the militant group Islamic State?

Islamic State, a Sunni Muslim militant group, has seized a third of Syria and large areas of Iraq an...

Oct 04, 2014 08:32 AM EDT

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