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How did the Gulf War start?
In Depth As tensions rise in the region The Week explores why Saddam Hussein's Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait nearly 30 years ago
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Saddam Hussein 'owned secret New York torture chamber'
Speed Read Dictator kept prisoners in basement of the Iraqi mission to the United Nations, claim officials
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Yazidis: who are they and why is Islamic State pursuing them?
In Depth One of Iraq's oldest and most persecuted religious minorities, the Yazidi faces yet another genocide
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Syria gas attack: death toll at 1,400 worst since Halabja
In Depth Attack on Damascus could represent most significant use of chemical weapons since Saddam attacks Iraqi Kurds
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