Palestinian Authority Civil Affairs Minister Hussein Al-Sheikh speaks to The ... since the death of veteran leader Yasser Arafat in 2004, but he had for years resisted internal reforms, including ...

Meanwhile, Palestinian President Yasser Arafat started the first official ... For his part, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein called Tuesday on Arab states to mobilize their armed forces to liberate ...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas named close confidant Hussein al-Sheikh as his deputy ... since the death of veteran leader Yasser Arafat in 2004 but he had for years resisted internal reforms ...

I had requested an interview with Arafat, and he agreed to meet ... He loathes Iraq under the guise of hating Saddam Hussein.” Stunned, I listened as he went on. “What they call an ‘uprising ...

After Israel won the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), headed by Yasser ... Arafat and Kuwait were broken over his perceived sympathy for Iraqi President Saddam ...

Arabs expressed frustration Sunday at their countries' inability to help besieged Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat ... Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said his hands were tied.

(NOTE: This article was originally published in the India Today issue dated August 31, 1990) When Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein ... based in Baghdad and Yasser Arafat flits around in a private ...