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Survival means victory: Preserving honor as a war objective - opinion
From Egypt to Iran, leaders often choose honor over surrender, enduring defeat rather than risking public humiliation.
Paris court dismisses Jewish family's compensation claim against government for not paying rent
Iraq's former PM who helped fuel ISIS makes unlikely comeback - analysis
'Delayed deaths': UK report claims chemical agents used on Iranian protesters
Iraqi school textbooks scrutinized over antisemitism, Shi’ization
Report by research institute Impact-SE highlights worrying trends in the former home of the longest-standing Jewish diaspora.
Iraq starts relocating Iranian Kurdish fighters from Iran border
Hussein said he would visit Tehran on Wednesday to deliver the message in person in the hopes that it would prevent any escalation on the border.
Rockets land in Baghdad's Green Zone after day of clashes - army
Streets were mostly empty of ordinary people as gunmen cruised in pickup trucks carrying machine guns and brandishing grenade launchers.
From Saddam to Iran’s militias: Iraqis cannot suggest ties with Israel
The attempt in Iraq to shut down any discussion about Israel or the Abraham Accords is tied to Iran’s regional ambitions.
On This Day: Iran-Iraq War begins, 41 years ago
8 years of the Iran-Iraq war saw the use of trench warfare, one of the largest land battles since World War II and the sinking of the Seawise Giant, the largest ship to ever sail the seas.
Former US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dead at 88
Rumsfeld was in charge when US forces toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein but failed to maintain law and order in the aftermath.
40 years since Operation Opera, attack against Iran 'would be different'
Unlike the raid on Iraq's Osirak nuclear project, Iran’s nuclear sites are spread across the country, some deep underground or in mountains, surrounded by air defense systems.
Israel’s raid on Osirak, 40 years on
In 1980 the Middle East was dominated by a series of powerful non-democratic regimes. These included Saddam Hussein in Iraq, who had come to power and promised rapid industrialization of the country.
Iraq: A country notorious for its democracy - opinion
Post-Saddam Iraq has suffered from poor governance. The new, democratic Iraq is rife with bribery, kickbacks, and embezzlement, a routine part of its corrupt politics.
Ramsey Clark, lawyer of Gaddafi, Hussein, Milosevic, dies at 93
As attorney-general, he helped shape US civil rights law.
