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President Donald Trump’s actions in Iran remind me of President George W. Bush’s claims in 2003 that Iraq’s president, Saddam Hussein, was hiding weapons of mass destruction,” writes ...

As President Donald Trump floats the idea of "regime change" in Tehran, previous US attempts to remake the Middle East by ...

As President Donald Trump floats “regime change” in Tehran, previous U.S. attempts to remake the Middle East by force in ...

Ahead of his announcing on Monday night that Israel and Iran agreed to a “complete and total ceasefire” to be phased in over ...

The future of the Islamic Republic may be shaped more by the country’s culture and politics than by the military prowess of ...

None of these flags truly represent Iraq. They are reminiscent of the Baath Party’s attempt to monopolize the representation of Iraqis during its rule. Saddam Hussein was the dictator who dragged this ...

Protesters stormed the diplomatic post early Thursday, waving flags and signs showing the influential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr, and set a small fire. The attack on ...

National Security This American flag famously covered a Saddam statue. Now it’s in a basement. Tim McLaughlin’s flag once stood for victory in Iraq.

As a precocious boy in Saddam-era Iraq, Iraqi artist Mohammed Sami painted murals at his Baghdad high school in advance of visits by Baath Party officials in exchange for passing grades on ...