July 16, 1979 is the anniversary of Saddam taking power following the resignation of President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr who took power in a 1968 Baath Party coup. Tikrit is far more lively than in the ...

Baghdad, 1979. Deputy President Saddam and his allies intimidate President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr into resigning. Convening his first Ba'ath party congress, the new president exposes "detractors," who ...

Ahmed Hassan, a reporter for Alforat TV, was targeted as he got out of his car at his home in the al-Shamiya area of Diwaniya province early on Monday. He is in intensive care at a hospital in the ...

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi last appeared on camera in a video released in April 2019 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) and arguably the world's most wanted man ...

After instigating the overthrow of President Ahmed Hassan Al-Bakr, Saddam Hussein becomes the Iraqi president in 1979. As he begins his reign of terror and purges, he ...

After a week of exploding pagers and radios, Israel carried out a significant and successful strike targeting Hezbollah ...

The Communist Party, through leader Makram Talabani, informed President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr about a coup plot orchestrated by outspoken Iraqi officer and politician Abdel Ghani al-Rawi ...