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Of his countless stories of his life as a hairdresser in Iraq, the one Qaiss al-Sharaa most enjoys retelling is about the day April 9, 2003, when he watched Iraqis and American Marines pull down the statue of Saddam Hussein in front of his salon in Baghdad's Firdos Square.

BAGHDAD (AP) — Of his countless stories of his life as a hairdresser in Iraq, the one Qaiss al-Sharaa most enjoys retelling is about the day April 9, ...

Twenty years after Iraqis and U.S. Marines pulled down the statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdads Firdos Square, all images of the former leader are long gone.

Iraqis and American Marines pulled down the statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad’s Firdos Square in April 2003 in an iconic moment in the U.S.-led invasion, but the statue was a minor part of the huge number of monuments and palaces Saddam erected to show off his power

One of the organisers for the Wells Christmas Tide festival believes this year could be its best to date ahead of the event on December 4,

Parents of Coventry man killed in lorry crash call for more to be done to prevent another tragedy John-Paul Cassidy was killed in 2018 when a lorry crashed into the Lexus he was a passenger in John-Paul Cassidy died in the crash (Image: Humberside Police) Subscribe today to get the latest headlines straight to your inbox with our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe We use your sign-up to provide content in ways youve consented to and to improve...