Saddam Hussein

Whatever about his reputation in Ireland he became probably Britain’s best-known post-second World War officer

Records released by Irish and British archives include details of a ‘republican’ artefact thief and a ‘radical’ UK proposal to hold asylum seekers on a Scottish island

Post-invasion violence hemmed people into neighbourhoods but Baghdad residents now feel safer and socialise more

Lara Marlowe on notable new works by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad and Sherine Tadros

The West can’t stop its rivals reading it wrong, but it can choose not to encourage them

This demonic little man has been watching too many episodes of The Americans

Bank held hundreds of millions of dollars for heads of state, intelligence officials and human rights abusers

US effort to use intelligence to shape world opinion has to contend with shadow of the Iraq war

Irish overseas offer humanitarian help in face of hunger, death and devastation

In a new memoir, journalist Lara Marlowe recalls the life she shared with her former husband

Former US secretary of state’s role in US invasion of Iraq led to fatalities and misery

General who became first black US secretary of state made faulty claims about Hussein’s weapons

Tributes paid to retired four-star general who helped build case for 2003 invasion of Iraq

Movement led by Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr expected to be parliament’s biggest faction

Conor O’Clery recalls how viewing the Twin Towers attack left a lasting sense of guilt and inadequacy in the face of catastrophe

Costs of War project looks at consequences of conflicts the US has waged since 9/11 attacks

Erbil Letter: Poverty, power outages and lack of water fail to tear eyes from Talabanis

US Politics: Rarely have so many lives and so much cash been spent on so little

Four years after its liberation, many still do not believe Iraqi city is safe to return to

Quincy Institute points to US’s weapon exports and own role in region’s interventions

Republican who twice served as defence secretary is credited as architect of Iraq War

Clothing market targeted in Iraq’s first major suicide attack for three years

Secretary of state’s parting shot designed to undermine Biden administration’s bid to recalibrate relations with Tehran

If he was controversial, it was because he refused to conform. Robert never followed the herd

Highly regarded, controversial foreign correspondent had long relationship with Ireland

Reporters praised for their ‘diligence, tenacity, expertise and impartiality’

French president has promised citizens their sovereignty, but can he do it alone?

The obvious threat of meat plants becoming vectors of Covid-19 infection was not met with robust action

The Chicks — they dropped the “Dixie” last month — are back with an album after 14 years, the band at peace with an industry that’s never made nice

Residents in Mosul, still traumatised by violence, fear a resurgence of the terror group

Review: The screenplay works hard to cram a long career into a fresh, well-meaning whole

On Music to be Murdered By, Eminem also compares himself to Saddam Hussein, Ayatollah Khomeini, and Charles Manson

World View: For Washington and Tehran hardliners, peace would be admission of defeat

Trump to address nation as Tehran says act ‘concluded’ response to Suleimani killing

Iran considering ‘several scenarios’ to avenge death of Qassem Suleimani, killed in US drone strike

Hardliners try to balance need to strike back at US with avoiding a full-blown conflict

False claim of involvement in 9/11 attacks used to justify Suleimani assassination

Hollywood idea of killing ‘bad guy’ to fix foreign policy problem not borne out by history

Donald Trump has taken his erratic presidency into treacherous territory

Lauren Greenfield’s remarkable film about the shoe-obsessed former first lady exposes how she lied and bought her way back into power