BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi man who was filmed attacking Saddam Hussein's statue with a sledgehammer when U.S. troops stormed into Baghdad in 2003 said Iraq was in a better shape under his rule ...

A towering statue of Saddam Hussein was today pulled to the ground in a symbolic act against the dictator's oppressive regime. Working together in the heart of Baghdad, US marines helped crowds of ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Boys sit next to a mural of Shiite clerics Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr, ...

BEIRUT — The images of Bashar al-Assad's fall bear some resemblance to the iconic scenes of Saddam Hussein's collapse more than 20 years ago. The toppling of statues of Assad, his father ...

A U.S. Army vehicle smashes a statue of Saddam Hussein outside the bombed and abandoned headquarters of the Iraqi Republican Guard's Medina Division south of Baghdad. U.S. Marines from the 3rd ...

A new book written by a former Army infantry officer is shedding light on Saddam Hussein's mysterious final months before his 2006 execution. Donald Trump offered surprising, if qualified ...

Marines cover each other with M16A2 assault rifles as they prepare to enter one of Saddam Hussein's palaces in Baghdad during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Here a Marine watches as a statue of ...

The scene of protesters toppling the statue resembled the moment in Baghdad when opponents brought down Saddam Hussein’s ...

His opposition intensified following the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, which heightened Saddam’s fears of a Shiite-led uprising in Iraq. In 1980, as the government moved against Shiite ...