SADDAM HUSSEIN CAPTURED BY AMERICAN FORCES
Saddam Hussein was convicted of crimes against humanity in the 1982 killings of 148 people, and sentenced to death by an Iraqi High Tribunal on November 5, 2006. He is shown during a briefing at the Iraqi Forum in Baghdad, December 14, 2003. (UPI Photo/Files)
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President Obama said Tuesday the United States has both a national security interest and a moral obligation to see the bloodshed end in Syria.
UPI Almanac for Sunday, May 5, 2013.
Amid growing concerns the Middle East faces major security threats, Iraq has ordered a second batch of Lockheed Martin F-16IQ fighters worth $830 million.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki seems determined to carve out a role for himself as Saddam Hussein's worthy successor.
Iraq is closer to a security meltdown as disputes between the Shiite-dominated government and Kurds along with sectarian violence between Shiites and Sunnis.
Allegations regarding to the use of chemical weapons in Syria are far too serious to leave to speculation, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday.
UPI Almanac for Sunday, April 28, 2013.
Government troops in Iraq, which is reeling from a wave of violence that killed up to 200 people, retook Suleiman Beg, north of Baghdad Friday, officials said.
At least 100 people were reported killed in three days of Iraq violence after government troops stormed a Sunni protest camp, igniting fierce sectarian clashes.
Violence in Iraq that claimed 36 lives risks pushing the country's Sunni provinces into an open revolt against the Shiite-led government, observers warn.
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