(VOVworld) - The US and several Gulf Arab allies have launched their first air strikes targeting the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) in Syria
(VOVworld) – The Jund al-Khilafah, an Algerian group, has kidnapped and threatened to kill a Frenchman unless Paris halts air attacks in Iraq against its ally, the Islamic State (IS)
(VOVworld) – US Secretary of State John Kerry discussed with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in New York on Sunday to the increasing threat posed by Islamic State militants (IS)...
(VOVworld) – Almost half of Iraq's army is incapable of working against Islamic State (IS) militants. General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on Wednesday...
(VOVworld) - The UN on Tuesday brokered a deal with Israel and Palestine to allow construction materials into the Gaza Strip to enable reconstruction efforts
(VOVOworld) – The world's top diplomats have pledged to support Iraq in its fight against Islamic State militants by "any means necessary", including "appropriate military assistance
(VOVworld) – Foreign ministers from 30 countries attended an international conference on Iraq in Paris on Monday
(VOVworld) – The US will not coordinate air attacks on Islamic State militants with Syria but will seek to ensure their forces do not come into conflict, US Secretary of State...
(VOVworld) – US President Barack Obama announced Wednesday a comprehensive counter-terrorism strategy which expands air strikes against the Islamic State in both Iraq and Syria
(VOVworld) - The US military forces used fighter and remotely piloted aircraft to conduct two airstrikes on terrorists from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on Friday and Saturday
(VOVworld) - Iraqi Kurdish forces and Shiite militants on Friday discovered mass graves containing 35 bodies after retaking the town of Sulaiman Bek from jihadists
(VOVworld) – The top aid of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a strike in the ISIS-held city of Mosul, in...
(VOVworld)-Taliban militants have attacked an Afghan government compound in the eastern town of Ghazni, wounding at least 30 people, while 4 attackers were killed. The Taliban claimed responsibility for...
(VOVworld)-US Secretary of State John Kerry met for over two hours Wednesday with Palestinian negotiators for “constructive” talks on future relations with Israel
(VOVworld) – The Islamic State (IS) is an extremist group responsible for on-going violence across Iraq, and is expanding its activities neighboring Syria. In a report on Wednesday, the United Nations said...
(VOVworld) - The US has begun surveillance flights over Syria. The move could pave the way for air strikes against the self-declared Islamic State, whose fighters are spreading out in...
(VOVworld) – Seven western governments have joined the US to provide urgently needed arms and equipment to Kurdish forces in their fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq
(VOVworld) – Washington has confirmed that it has no plans to coordinate with Damascus to fight Islamic State militants in Syria despite Syria’s warning that any military action on its...
(VOVworld) – Libyan Interim Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani has condemned a meeting of the Libyan out-going Parliament, the General National Congress, in which they elected a new Prime Minister,...
(VOVworld) - Three near-simultaneous car bombs exploded in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Saturday, killing 21 people and wounding 118