In this context, it is important to note that European countries considered the former Syria a “rogue state” acting in line ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A Kurdish man from Kirkuk’s Topzawa village was sentenced to six months in prison earlier this week ...

In Syria, the Baath party became inextricably associated with the Assad family, which took power in 1970. For decades, the family used the party and its pan-Arab ideology to control the country.

A U.S. military cargo plane stuffed with documents that hold the secrets of Iraq’s dictatorial past, including the names of Baath Party members and informants, landed at the Baghdad airport Monday.

I did not trust Assad the father, nor Assad the son, and certainly do not trust a leader like Sharaa,’ says Israel Katz, ...

And few Iraqis question the need to weed out Baath figures who helped make their lives miserable for a generation. But few, also, think a blanket decree was the best way to do it.

A measure to allow former officials from the Baath Party to apply for government jobs came after months of U.S. pressure. By Richard A. Oppel Jr. and Steven Lee Myers Jan. 13, 2008 ...

BASRA, Iraq, April 9 -- Imad Audi is still a proud member of President Saddam Hussein's Baath Party. Twenty-eight years old and a Sunni Muslim, he is relatively well-off in a poverty-stricken city ...

The Baath Party's extensive network explains why ordinary Iraqis have been reluctant to celebrate the arrival of their liberators. They're afraid, said David Ignatius, former executive editor of ...

Over the years, the structure has expanded to include junior membership. “Baath’s Vanguards” are teenagers up to the age of 17. “Saddam’s Lion Cubs” is for 12- and 13-year-olds.