DNA: When Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussain was arrested in 2003
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Dec 13, 2022, 23:30 PM ISTIran's President Rouhani vows to strengthen missiles despite US criticism
Tehran says that the missiles are entirely legitimate under the terms of the deal as they are not designed to carry a nuclear warhead.
Sep 22, 2017, 13:02 PM ISTIraq's Kurdish parliament backs September 25 independence referendum
The Baghdad parliament's decision earlier this week to oppose the referendum drew condemnation from deputies in Erbil.
Sep 16, 2017, 16:25 PM ISTIslamic State kills 31 in Iraq's Tikrit: Security sources, medics
The militants wore police uniforms and used a police vehicle to enter Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police colonel Khalid Mahmoud said.
Apr 05, 2017, 13:37 PM ISTIraqi journalist kidnapped in Baghdad has been released
An Iraqi journalist who was abducted from her Baghdad home last week has been released.
Jan 04, 2017, 14:57 PM ISTIraq's marshes, once drained by Saddam, named world heritage site
A wetland in southeast Iraq, thought to be the biblical Garden of Eden and almost completely drained during Saddam Hussein`s rule, has become a UNESCO world heritage site, Iraqi authorities said on Sunday.
Jul 18, 2016, 00:41 AM ISTIran summons French ambassador over dissident meeting in Paris
Shi`ite Muslim power Iran and Saudi Arabia, bastion of Sunni Islam, are longstanding religious and political rivals.
Jul 13, 2016, 08:23 AM ISTIraqi PM dismisses top Baghdad security officials after bombing
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Friday dismissed three top officials.
Jul 08, 2016, 15:58 PM ISTTrump defends his statement on Saddam Hussein
Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential candidate, has defended his remarks on Saddam Hussein saying that he hated him but the Iraqi dictator was "good at killing terrorists."
Jul 07, 2016, 13:04 PM ISTBlair voices `sorrow, regret and apology` after Iraq war report
Blair made his comments at a press conference in London after publication of the long-awaited Chilcot report into Britain`s role in the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq sharply criticised him.
Jul 06, 2016, 17:30 PM ISTSaddam Hussein was great at killing terrorists, Iraq is 'Harvard University for terrorists': Donald Trump
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Monday said that Iraq is in worse shape than before Saddam Hussein was overthrown.
Mar 15, 2016, 20:33 PM ISTIraqi officials: US captured top ISIS chemical arms engineer
US special forces captured the head of the Islamic State group's unit trying to develop chemical weapons in a raid last month in northern Iraq, the first known major success of Washington's more aggressive policy of pursuing the jihadis on the ground.
Mar 09, 2016, 21:57 PM ISTWorld would be better place if Saddam, Kadhafi were still in power: Trump
The world would be a better place if dictators such as Saddam Hussein and Moamer Kadhafi were still in power, top Republican US presidential hopeful Donald Trump said in comments aired on Sunday.
Oct 25, 2015, 23:37 PM ISTIran`s Rouhani reassures Americans over death chant
Iran`s President Hassan Rouhani has tried to reassure a skeptical American public that when crowds in Tehran chant "Death to America!" they don`t mean it personally.
Sep 19, 2015, 09:25 AM IST