Ghassan Charbel

Ghassan Charbel
Editor-in-Chief of Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper
Features Saddam Hussein and Jamal Mustafa Sultan.

Jamal Mustafa to Asharq Al-Awsat: I Couldn’t Provide Bribe Demanded by Judge, So I Was Jailed for Another 10 Years

In the final installment of his interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Jamal Mustafa Sultan, a former Iraqi official and Saddam Hussein’s son-in-law, delves into his…

Ghassan Charbel
Features Jamal Mustafa Sultan.

Jamal Mustafa: Saddam Said ‘Qassim Was Honest, But the Party Ordered His Assassination’

Jamal Mustafa Sultan, Saddam Hussein’s son-in-law and former deputy secretary, recalled how the late Iraqi president viewed former Prime Minister Abdul Karim…

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Features Jamal Mustafa al-Sultan. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Jamal Mustafa: Saddam and Other Iraqi Officials Headed to the Gallows with Heads Held High

Saddam Hussein’s entourage never expected that they would one day find themselves in jail. It never occurred to them that the American military machine would…

Ghassan Charbel
Features Dr. Jamal Mustafa al-Sultan speaks to Asharq Al-Awsat Editor-in-Chief Ghassan Charbel during the interview.

Jamal Mustafa Recalls to Asharq Al-Awsat Years with Saddam, his Imprisonment and Execution

Dr. Jamal Mustafa al-Sultan, late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s son-in-law and second secretary, broke his silence and sat down with Asharq Al-Awsat to…

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Features Saddam Hussein convenes with members of his regime in Iraq. (Getty Images)

Bin Laden Met Saddam’s Envoy, Linking 9/11 to Iraq Invasion

What’s the most dangerous mission someone could take on? A meeting between Saddam Hussein’s envoy and Osama bin Laden in Sudan. US intelligence under President…

Ghassan Charbel (London)
Features Yasser Arafat, Farouk al-Qaddoumi and other Palestinian officials pray at the graves of victims of a 1985 Israeli raid on the PLO headquarters in Tunis in 2001. (AFP)

Farouk al-Qaddoumi: We Visited Assad and He Ordered Arafat’s Release from Mezzeh Prison

No history of the Arab world in the past seven decades could be written without stopping at length at the Palestinian Fatah movement. The history of the…

Ghassan Charbel (London)
Features Former Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr and his deputy Saddam Hussein. (AFP)

July 30: Iraq’s Bloodless Coup That Was Followed by Rivers of Blood

It’s unwise to corner Saddam Hussein and force him to accept a partner in governing Iraq. The Baath Party and Saddam himself don't favor partnerships. The…

Ghassan Charbel (London)
Features One of the attackers is seen at the Israeli team’s headquarters in the Olympic Village. (Getty Images)

The Day ‘Black September’ Shook the Olympic Village in Munich

Yehya al-Sinwar was ten years old when the Black September Palestinian organization carried out its hostage taking of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics in…

Ghassan Charbel (London)