Baghdad: Iraq’s National Security Agency said Friday it arrested a former high-level security official for his involvement in the 1980 execution of a prominent Shiite cleric and his sister during Saddam Hussein‘s brutal crackdown on religious opposition. Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr was a leading Iraqi Shiite cleric and political critic who opposed the secular Ba’athist government … Read more
Kuwait has banned the highly anticipated video game Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, a product of Microsoft-owned Activision, which released worldwide on Friday, October 25. However, Kuwait authotities has not publicly announced the ban, Activision has confirmed the news. In a statement shared with Eurogamer, Activison said, “Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has not … Read more
Kuwait has revoked the citizenship of two former army personnel who colloborated with Saddam Hussein’s regime during the Iraqi invasion of the country in the 1990s. Kuwait decree no. 155 of 2024, has been issued under Article 14/2 of Amiri decree no. 15 of 1959, addresses the amendments to the Kuwaiti Nationality Law. According to … Read more
Flag of Pakistan and Iran New Delhi: Pakistan’s attack on Iranian soil is the first external land attack on Iran since forces led by then Iraqi President Saddam Hussein invaded Iran in 1980s, starting a vicious eight-year war, the media reported. Iran’s initial reaction has been pretty muted — only half a sentence from the … Read more
