Here’s a look at the life of the late former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.Personal:Birth date: April 28, 1937Death ...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres demanded an investigation into the death of a World Food Progamme worker, ...

Iraq’s top court has thrown out a legal challenge that had temporarily halted three controversial laws passed last month by the country’s parliament.

The aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on the United States prompted numerous counterinsurgency operations across various theaters ...

The hopes of liberalization raised at the start of Hafez al-Assad's son's rule were short-lived. Urged by his family, the ...

BAGHDAD: Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said that Iraq rejects any attempts that aim to displace the Palestinian people. Hussien's remarks came during a phone call with Palestinian Prime Minister ...

Car bombs and militant attacks no longer a daily concern in the streets of Baghdad, many young Iraqis say their opportunities remain limited ...

Iraq's National Security Agency said Friday it arrested a former high-level security official for his involvement in the 1980 execution of a prominent Shia cleric and his sister during Saddam ...

BAGHDAD — Iraq's National Security ... Shiite cleric and his sister during Saddam Hussein ’s brutal crackdown on religious opposition. Iraq arrests former security official over execution ...

BAGHDAD -- The fall of Bashar Assad in Syria has led Iran-allied factions in neighboring Iraq to reconsider their push for U.S. forces to exit the country, multiple Iraqi and American officials ...

Saddam Hussein’s regime executed him in 1980 ... admitted to carrying out Al-Sadr’s execution in April 1980 in the Bismayah area south of Baghdad. Alongside Sabri, four other officers confessed to ...