Democracy and peace are not guaranteed when a dictator falls — sometimes, a country’s fate turns uglier and messier.

Nearly 20 years since Iraq created a new Constitution assuring that people of all religions and ethnicities would be ...

Saddam ruled Iraq with an iron fist for almost 30 years ... providing universal healthcare, free university education, and equal rights for women. Saddam Hussein’s extreme brutality, as well ...

he asked. Someone in the crowd below shouted, “Go to hell!” and Saddam fired back, “The hell that is Iraq?” The shouting increased in its intensity, and Saddam defended himself.

Iraqi President Saddam Hussein appeared on television early Thursday morning, characterizing the U.S.-led military campaign as "criminal acts" and saying his nation would be victorious. "These days ...

Saddam Hussein claimed he is alive, well and still in Iraq in an audio tape broadcast by Gulf Satellite TV station Al-Jazeera. The voice purporting to be the deposed dictator vowed more attacks on ...

In 2019, during a Jordan-Kuwait match in Amman, Jordanian fans chanted for Saddam (who led Iraq's invasion of Kuwait ... of Jordanians studying in Iraqi universities for free.

For Iraq, the overthrow of Saddam Hussein’s repressive regime cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, displaced and wounded millions more, and wrought widespread destruction.

The CIA had already warned that Iraq was using chemical weapons almost daily. But Mr Rumsfeld, at the time a successful executive in the pharmaceutical industry, still made it possible for Saddam ...

Reflections on a recent visit to Baghdad. Much has changed and ordinary life has resumed in Iraq's capital, but deep ...