Tarek Hassan witnesses the last days of the Iraqi capital under Saddam Hussein
Each morning, without a warning phone call, Abu-Mohamed knocks on my door at Al-Mansour Hotel in downtown Baghdad. He always asks the same question: "Are you still (...)
As the Security Council continues its debates Iraq prepares for the worst, reports Tarek Hassan from Baghdad
Splits in the international community over the handling of the Iraqi crisis have fuelled a mood in Baghdad that swings between hopes of (...)
By Tarek Hassan
On 4 May 1999 the five-year interim period established by the Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles, or the Oslo Agreement, comes to an end. Short of what now appears a highly unlikely breakthrough in the stalled (...)