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Nadhim Zahawi: The chancellor who took one too many chances

Profile: Nadhim Zahawi, the man who came to the UK without a word of English and ran to be the next prime minister, by Sean O’Grady

The Independent UK

Mohammed Sami: The Point 0; Giorgio Morandi: Masterpieces from the Magnani-Rocca Foundation – review

The masterly paintings of Baghdad-born Mohammed Sami conjure an ominous no man’s land. And vases conspire with jugs in the still lifes of Giorgio Morandi

The Guardian - UK

Saddam Hussein mural painter creates a world of turmoil – Mohammed Sami review

Sami, a refugee from Iraq, learned his trade painting his country’s then leader. His disquieting works, full of tortured surfaces, feel like distillations of death and chaos

The Guardian - UK

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Who is Nadhim Zahawi? All you need to know about the ex-Tory Party chairman

Iraqi refugee who arrived in Britain aged nine with no English rose to No 11 Downing Street and propped up Boris Johnson’s ailing administration last summer, only to be brought down by scandal of his own

The Independent UK

Where was James Bond when Saddam invaded Kuwait in 1990?

After the end of the Cold War, the future of our spy services looked in doubt

The Guardian - UK

Basra excited ahead of Arabian Gulf Cup tournament kickoff

The 25th edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup football tournament will start in Iraq on Friday.

Al Jazeera

Army special operations veteran describes moment elite team captured Saddam Hussein: ‘Holy cow’

The Army veteran claims former President George W Bush possesses the gun Hussein was armed with when he was captured

The Independent UK

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US Navy Seal reveals what his team told Saddam Hussein after being captured in Iraq

The details emerged as retired US Army Master Sergeant Kevin Holland, part of the team that tracked down the fugitive, spoke for the first time about the arrest on December 13, 2003

Daily Mirror

‘Serious as it can get’: Cabinet papers reveal Howard government’s security focus

Australia was a nation gripped by fear and preoccupied with national security and defence in 2002, according to a former senior minister.

The New Daily

Barbara Walters dies: Trailblazing US news anchor and interviewer passes away aged 93

In a career spanning five decades, she interviewed world leaders including Fidel Castro, Saddam Hussein, Vladimir Putin, and every US president since Richard Nixon

Evening Standard

Surgeon who saved Brit soldiers in Iraq now helping Ukrainians attacked by Putin

Munjed Al Muderis fled Saddam Hussein’s brutal regime in 1999 aged 27 and started a new life in Australia, where he trained as an orthopaedic surgeon. He became a world expert on osseointegration

Daily Mirror

The Day Saddam Hussein’s Corpse Was Laid in Front of Maliki’s Home

Friday marked the 16th anniversary of the execution of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. The death sentence did not come as a shock.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Is the terrorism threat over?

Eight years after raising the national terrorism threat level, Australia recently lowered it again – from mid-range (probable) to low-range (possible).

The Conversation

Analysis-Iraq's mercurial Moqtada Sadr risks isolation with political retreat

Moqtada al-Sadr, the Muslim Shi'ite cleric who dominated Iraqi politics for two decades, seems isolated for now after his move to step back from formal politics emboldened his Iranian-backed rivals and raised the prospect of fresh factional flare-ups.

Reuters

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The Conversation

A tortured and deadly legacy: Kissinger and realpolitik in US foreign policy

In 2023, Henry Kissinger will mark a century since his birth and more than 50 years of influence on American foreign policy. Kissinger’s centennial represents an important opportunity to reflect on not only his influence, but also the effects of the vision of foreign policy he has espoused.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iraq Receives $8 Mn from UN Compensation Commission After Full Payment to Kuwait

The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) received the remaining sum from the UN Compensation Fund after paying all compensations to Kuwait relating to the invasion of Kuwait during the rule of late President Saddam Hussein in 1990. In a statement, CBI said it received $7.9 million, the remaining money in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Activist Sentenced to 3 Years in Jail for Criticizing PMF in Iraq

The Iraqi judiciary sentenced on Monday an activist to three years in prison for “insulting state institutions” after criticizing the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF). In a Facebook post, Haidar al-Zeidi, 24, said he had been previously arrested by the PMF and detained for two weeks before being released on bail.…

Daily Mirror

Iran leader's niece slams her uncle's 'child-killing regime' amid mass protests

Farideh Moradkhani said people in Iran are fighting the regime’s "Satanic forces of evil" with remarkable courage and called on the world to support Iran’s "lions and lionesses"

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Seven US Betrayals of Kurds within a Century… Will It Fail Them Again in Syria?

If the reaction to Turkish incursions or continued aerial bombardment against Kurdish targets in northern Syria does not meet Kurdish expectations and demands, it wouldn’t be the first time Kurds are betrayed by the US or the West. In the past century, the global and regional balance of power has…

Al Jazeera

Iran rejects UN investigation into protests

The UN Human Rights Council voted last week to establish a fact-finding mission to investigate the protests in Iran.

Daily Record

Inspirational Perth doctor sets up two hospitals in Iraq

Perth Royal Infirmary respiratory consultant Mudher Al-Khairalla has improved the health services available in the Middle Eastern country

Al Jazeera

Middle East round-up: A reminder of dark days in Istanbul

Here’s a round-up of Al Jazeera’s Middle East coverage this week.

The Independent UK

Lawyer: Saddam's relative has no role in IS killings in Iraq

The lawyer of a great-nephew of the late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein says her client has no links with the Islamic State group though Iraqi authorities alleged his involvement

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Extradites to Iraq Grandson of Saddam Hussein’s Step-Brother

Lebanon extradited on Friday a man said to be a grandnephew of late Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein to Iraq, where he is accused of involvement in a massacre by the ISIS extremist group, an Iraqi security source said Saturday. Abdullah Yasser Sabawi, the grandson of Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hassan, the step-brother…

Al Jazeera

The Al Rasheed Hotel: 40 years of an iconic Baghdad landmark

Since its opening in 1982, the hotel has been central to the turbulent events experienced by the Iraqi capital.

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