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The Baath party, once a powerful symbol of Arab nationalism, has become a fading relic of authoritarian rule in the Middle East after the fall of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, analysts told AFP on Sunday.

The arrests were carried out in accordance with the law banning the dissolved Baath Party and were coordinated with the judiciary and other relevant authorities. The Iraqi National Security Agency ...

British troops have told how they caught a local Baath party kingpin with millions of Iraqi dinars and torture equipment stashed in his home. Commando-trained Royal Engineers stormed the home of ...

Jordan's decision to allow the local branch of the Baath Party to renew political activities in the country has sparked outrage in neighbouring Iraq. The Independent Electoral Commission in Jordan ...

The Iraqi government has withdrawn the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) Retirement Law from Parliament, pending amendments ...

Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week have marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time when many are hoping that a new political beginning is on the horizon ...

Most of those attacks were also in Shiite neighborhoods. The Iraqi government blamed the ousted Baath Party and al Qaeda in Iraq for Monday's attacks, saying they were meant to create sectarian ...

The bill to elevate Halabja to provincial status is likely to be passed following its inclusion in the Iraqi parliament's ...