They are the gold-plated living memorials to the 20-year reign of Saddam Hussein, enormous in scale, exquisite in material and opulent in taste — the 100 palaces and “VIP luxury residences” Saddam has ...

WASHINGTON—Saddam Hussein may be under lock and key, but experts warn that the anger at the United States that he came to symbolize in the Arab world and Iran is far from contained. It still seethes ...

Prior to and during the early years of Saddam Hussein’s regime, Iraqi gender policies were among the most progressive in the region. Efforts to eliminate illiteracy, which disproportionately impacted ...

WASHINGTON — Saddam Hussein has been a familiar name since the Persian Gulf War in 1991. But as the United States again weighs the prospect of war with Iraq, the question of what to call the Iraqi ...

The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the CIA, and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq, Steve Coll, Penguin Press, 576 pages Saddam Hussein was the first person I saw die on television. It was ...

Listen Subscribe to unlock this feature or Sign in. Request reprint permissions here. Sometimes foreign policy lies downstream from technology. When navies ran on wind, the lumber that could produce ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein went to his death betraying no hint of regret that the overarching ambition and belligerence that drove his rise to power from impoverished beginnings had also ...