The Egyptian actor "Amr Waked" got suspended temporary from the Egyptian actors syndicate as he's acting with an Israeli actor "Igal Naor".
Shohreh Aghdashloo won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her work in the HBO original miniseries House of Saddam (2008).
At the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards, House of Saddam received 4 nominations.
Contrary to what's depicted in the series, unity talks did continue with Syria after Saddam took over. They were suspended indefinitely after the alleged discovery of a Syrian plot to overthrow him which he used as a pretext to purge the ruling Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party.