Iraqi who hammered Saddam’s statue says Blair should be put on trial
The Iraqi man who was filmed attacking Saddam Hussein’s statue with a sledgehammer when US troops stormed into Baghdad in 2003 said Iraq was in...
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Blair denies lying as inquiry damns handling of Iraq War (Update 5)
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s justification, planning and handling of the Iraq War involved a catalogue of failures, a seven-year inquiry concluded on Wednesday...
Blair apologises for mistakes of Iraq war but still glad Saddam removed
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair acknowledged the 2003 invasion of Iraq played a part in the rise of the Islamic State militant group, and...
Trump: Middle East would be more stable if Saddam, Gaddafi still in power
U.S. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said on Sunday the Middle East would be more stable if Muammar Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein were still in...
Baghdad’s decade-old curfew to end on Saturday, Iraq’s PM says
By Stephen Kalin Baghdad’s decade-old curfew will end on Saturday and four neighbourhoods will be “demilitarised”, Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Thursday, as...
Islamic State fighters halt Iraqi offensive to recapture Saddam’s home town
By Ahmed Rasheed and Michael Georgy Iraqi forces halted a short-lived offensive on Tuesday to recapture Tikrit, home town of executed dictator Saddam Hussein, due to fierce resistance from Islamic...
Syria meets deadline to destroy chemical production facilities
By Dominic Evans Syria has destroyed or rendered inoperable all of its declared chemical weapons production and mixing facilities, meeting a major deadline in an ambitious...
Syria asks the United Nations to stop US strike
By Oliver Holmes Syria has asked the United Nations to prevent “any aggression” against Syria following a call over the weekend by U.S. President Barack...
Ghosts of Iraq war force Britain to delay Syria strike
By Guy Faulconbridge and Andrew Osborn Prime Minister David Cameron’s plans for an imminent military strike on Syria were in disarray on Thursday after a...
UN inspectors reach Syria gas victims, despite coming under fire
By Erika Solomon and Khaled Yacoub Oweis U.N. chemical weapons experts interviewed and took blood samples on Monday from victims of last week’s apparent poison...