Peter York is a consultant, broadcaster and author. He hosts the Peter York’s Culture Wars House Party podcast. His books include “Dictator Style: Lifestyles of the World’s Most Colourful Despots” and ...

Driving through Baghdad in the days before the Gulf War in January 1991, I was struck by the giant pictures of Saddam Hussein that lined the streets. Iraqi troops were on every corner. We couldn’t go ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. After nine months, Operation Red Dawn came to an end on ...

Sean is an Upstate NY-based TV Features writer for Collider. He studied Graphic Design at MVCC and has been a graphic designer in the music industry and beyond since 2010. He combines his love of ...

Courtroom footage from 2006 captures the moment Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death, revealing his defiant and unyielding demeanor. As the judge announced the verdict—death by hanging for crimes ...

ANKARA — Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler met Wednesday with Saddam Hifter, commander of the Libyan National Army’s ground forces, as contacts deepen between Ankara and Benghazi, which hosts a ...

In his letter, “Regime Change in Tehran Isn’t Worth the Risk” (July 16), Dan DePetris uses the examples of Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya to caution unseating Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. But there are more ...

This decision, made quietly, cautiously, and with the best of intentions, reshaped the fate of a nation and the entire region. Saddam Hussein could have changed everything. In an ironic twist, the ...

Jeffrey Fields receives funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and Schmidt Futures. USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and University of Southern California provide funding ...

On April 26, a devastating explosion tore through Iran’s bustling port city of Bandar Abbas, claiming 57 lives and injuring over 1,200 people. The blast was centered at the Shahid Rajaee port, Iran’s ...

Observantly realized and filled with lived-in details, the Directors' Fortnight selection marks a compassionate and winsome debut, packed with an unassuming punch. It’s Iraq in the 1990s — as Hadi ...