Saddam hussein

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.

 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks to the media at the UN headquarters in New York City, US, September 25, 2024
View of the Conseil d'Etat, France's highest administrative court, in Paris, France, January 25, 2024.

Paris court dismisses Jewish family's compensation claim against government for not paying rent

Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki reacts at a polling station inside Al-Rasheed Hotel during the parliamentary election in Baghdad, Iraq, November 11, 2025.

Iraq's former PM who helped fuel ISIS makes unlikely comeback - analysis

Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran on January 9, 2026. The nationwide protests started in Tehran's Grand Bazaar against the failing economic policies in late December, which spread to universities and other cities

'Delayed deaths': UK report claims chemical agents used on Iranian protesters


If Baghdadi is dead, next ISIS leader likely to be Saddam-era officer

Armed groups fighting in the region and many regional officials are skeptical about the reports of his death.

 Al-Baghdadi proclaimed himself 'caliph,' or ruler of all Muslims, from the pulpit of the al-Nuri Mosque on July 4, 2014

PA leader makes 1st Kuwait visit in 20 years

Abbas makes first visit since rift developed when Yasser Arafat was thought to back Hussein in 1st Gulf War.

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Iraqi who tried to topple Saddam statue regrets it

10 years later, man famous for trying to bring down statue with sledgehammer regrets that Saddam is gone.

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February 5: Preventive health

If the Health Ministry invested a small amount of money in an advertising campaign and changed its attitude, the hospitals would be at less than fullcapacity come next winter.

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Jordan gears up for parliamentary elections

Absence of Islamists from ballot stirs conflict over vote; activists bemoan the fact candidates are not competent.

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Famed Gulf War US General Schwarzkopf dies at 78

'Stormin Norman', who headed coalition which drove Saddam Hussein from Kuwait, dies at Tampa, Florida home.

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Tiraillés entre deux foyers

Les Israéliens nés en Iran regardent avec inquiétude la tension monter entre leur patrie et leur pays d’adoption.

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Into the Fray: Illogical, ineffectual, immoral

Without a credible threat of military force, the policy of sanctions against Iran lacks wisdom, efficacy and morality.

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The Jerusalem Post

Syria: An agenda for action

Every day, Syrian civilians die, not because of the actions we have taken, but because of the actions we have not taken.

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