There's a lot to be gleaned from this detailed, balanced biography of Saddam Hussein—and there's a lot that's controversial as well. A journalist who has worked as a consultant to the Iraqi government ...

In the pantheon of bloodthirsty dictators, Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein has almost been relegated to the dustbin of history. He’s remembered as part of the now-quaint-seeming “axis of evil,” for ...

Told in four hourlong chapters that HBO will air over two nights, this BBC production about Saddam Hussein's reign and eventual fall is best viewed as a gangster movie, with scenes that echo "The ...

BAGHDAD, Dec. 30 -- Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was hanged in the predawn hours of Saturday for crimes against humanity in the mass murder of Shiite men and boys in the 1980s, sent to the ...

AMMAN — The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party suspended its activities in Syria following the fall of the Assad regime and the ...