Saddam hussein

Justice in Baghdad: Iraq convicts notorious Saddam Hussein-era torturer

This step is important for Iraq because it continues to show that Baghdad can get some justice for victims of the Saddam era.

Iranian Kurdish fighters from the Kurdistan Freedom Party, known as PAK take part in a training session at a base on the outskirts of Erbil, Iraq.
A fighter from the Iranian Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) takes part in a training exercise at a base near Erbil, Iraq, in February.

Israel and Kurdistan: Regional collapse reshapes the Middle East map - opinion

 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks to the media at the UN headquarters in New York City, US, September 25, 2024

Survival means victory: Preserving honor as a war objective - opinion

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


Germany, which armed Saddam Hussein, says Kurdish state would harm peace

Chancellor Merkel supports Kurdish rights to autonomy

An image of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein printed on copper.

Iraq unearths mass grave of Kurds killed by Saddam

"The new Iraq must never forget these crimes that were committed against Iraqi people from all groups," said Iraqi President Barham Salih.

IRAQ’S PRESIDENT Barham Salih addresses a recent forum in Baghdad.

How Bush’s Mideast plans got overturned by a multi-polar world

He came into office in January 1989, just three months before the Tiananmen Square protests began in China.

Father and son shake hands at the dedication for the George W. Bush Presidential Center on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas April 25, 2013

George H.W. Bush, 41st U.S. president, dead at 94

Bush, the 41st president of the United States, lived longer than any of his predecessors. His death at 10:10 p.m. Central time was announced in a statement issued by longtime spokesman Jim McGrath.

Vice President George H.W. Bush gives his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana in this August 18, 1988 handout photo obtained by Reuters November 30, 2012

Is democracy feasible in Iraq?

The most poignant reason that majoritarian democracy for Iraq is a political fallacy is the role that political memory plays in defining groups views toward the state.

Vehicles drive under campaign posters ahead of the parliamentary election, in Erbil, Iraq

The Israeli Air Force ace who almost didn’t make it

He was the soldier who at first failed to qualify to be a pilot in the IAF, but who ended his 30-year career in the IAF as one of the top aces.

Amir Nachumi: ‘Becoming a pilot was an aspiration for many of us back then. The whole atmosphere in those days was to serve the country.’

The pen and the sword

The age of the dictator has not passed, alas, and demagogues are having their day.

A COPY of the book ‘Hitler, Mein Kampf. A Critical Edition’ lies on a display table in a bookshop in Munich in 2016

Wanted: A border

Yossi Beilin, architect of the Oslo Accords, offers a peace alternative.

Yossi Beilin

Peace with Iran Maybe?

The Jerusalem Post

The Curse of Saddam on Palestinians

The Jerusalem Post