Saddam Hussein

US soldiers near a portrait of Saddam Hussein at the Iraq-Kuwait border in 1991 [Getty]
Iraq invasion
MENA
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Iraq's invasion of Kuwait haunts the region 36 years on

36 years after Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, the war’s fallout continues to shape the region, with the worst consequences felt in Iraq itself

The New Arab Staff
02 August, 2026
British security guard Danny Fitzsimons (C) leaves the Karkh Criminal Court in Baghdad
Iraq
MENA
Live Story

Iraqi court sentences 4 to prison for promoting Baath Party

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 May, 2026
Iran
US-Israel war on Iran
Voices

Iran: Even medieval rulers knew decapitation backfires

TI

Tanya Goudsouzian and Ibrahim al-Marashi

04 March, 2026
Saadoun al-Qaisi was hanged for crimes carried out under the previous regime of Saddam Hussein [Getty]
Iraq
MENA
Live Story

Iraq executes former Saddam-era official Saadoun al-Qaisi

The New Arab Staff
09 February, 2026
Safe_Haven
Play review
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Safe Haven: Kurdish refugees' story told at Arcola Theatre

The New Arab Staff

Shahla Omar

23 January, 2026
Iraq wanted list - Getty
Saddam Hussein
MENA
Live Story

Iraq lists 60 most-wanted jihadists and Baathists

The New Arab & agencies
04 February, 2018
oil fields Kuwait
Saddam Hussein
MENA
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Iraq to resume Gulf War reparations to Kuwait

The New Arab
22 November, 2017
Moqtada al-Sadr Salman
Saudi Arabia
Analysis
Live Story

Mr Sadr goes to Saudi Arabia

Paul Iddon
16 August, 2017
Abdulredha dies TWITTER
Selfie
Society
Live Story

State-run KUNA: Kuwaiti actor Abdulredha dies at age 78

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab & agencies

12 August, 2017
Kuwait city [AFP]
Saddam Hussein
MENA
Live Story

Bombs from 1991 Gulf War found in Kuwait

The New Arab & agencies
06 July, 2017
baghdaddy musical AFP
Tony Blair
Society
Live Story

‘Baghdaddy’: New York turns Iraq war into musical

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab & agencies

03 May, 2017
Saddam Iraq Invasion
Tony Blair
Analysis
Live Story

Fourteen years after US-led occupation, Iraq a ‘dead cancer-patient’

The New Arab
09 April, 2017
Saddam's granddaughter [Rudaw Video]
Saddam Hussein
Society
Live Story

Saddam Hussein's granddaughter receives fashion award at Kurdish festival

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

22 March, 2017
Bush on USS Lincoln
Trump
Perspectives

Iraq: The legacy of a disastrous invasion lives on

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Usaid Siddiqui

20 March, 2017
Mosul destruction
US
Perspectives

Remembering Iraq's 14 years of terror, not freedom

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Tallha Abdulrazaq

20 March, 2017
baghdad bike girl
Saddam Hussein
Society
Live Story

Iraqi artist challenges Baghdad's streets and collective-trauma by bike

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Martin Armstrong

13 January, 2017
[Anadolu] Iraqi Armed forces day
war
Narrated

Video: Iraq army anniversary, pride or shame?

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

07 January, 2017
Saddam's trial
US
Analysis
Live Story

Debriefing the President: The Interrogation of Saddam Hussein

Paul Iddon
04 January, 2017
Saddam Birmingham
Saddam Hussein
Narrated

CIA interrogator: 'Saddam Hussein should have stayed in power'

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

17 December, 2016
Trump press
War on Terror
Perspectives

Black skin, white masks: Trump, race and power

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Laith Saud

13 December, 2016
Old Baghdad [Twitter.com/IraqiPic]
Saddam Hussein
Society
Live Story

Exhibition celebrates Iraqi architect behind Baghdad's iconic post-revolution buildings

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

26 November, 2016