(VOVworld) - US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday for a six-day Gulf tour aimed at galvanising support for Iraq as it battles the Islamic...
(VOVworld) – French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian arrived in Baghdad Monday on an unannounced visit for talks with Iraqi officials on the war against IS
(VOVworld) - Iraq’s parliament on Monday gave Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi three days to present a new non-party cabinet to fight corruption. Iraq’s state television reported that, with support from 170...
(VOVworld) - Iran will enhance its missile capability despite new US sanctions aimed at curbing its defensive weapons
(VOVworld) – Algeria’s Defense Ministry said they killed 4 terrorists in Ghardaia province on Sunday
(VOVworld) – A delegation of the National Assembly’s Committee for External Relations led by Vice Chairman Ngo Duc Manh visited Morocco from March 14 to16. Manh paid courtesy visits to Speaker...
(VOVworld) - On Sunday Turkish authorities declared a new curfew in two mainly-Kurdish towns in the southeast region: Yuksekova in Hakkari province and Nusaybin in Mardin province
(VOVworld) – Iraq reports that Islamic State militants had conducted two chemical attacks near Kirkuk city, killing a child and injuring approximately 600 people. The latest attack was on Saturday in Taza...
(VOVworld) – Seventy five Islamic State militants were killed on Monday as the Iraqi security forces recaptured two areas from the extremist militants in eastern city of Ramadi, Anbar province
(VOVworld) – On Sunday, the Islamic State group released a video showing nine Paris attackers on November 13, 2015 killing 130 people
(VOVworld) – Iran will continue to test new missiles despite the US introducing fresh sanctions. (VOVworld) – Iran will continue to test new missiles despite the US introducing fresh sanctions. (VOVworld) – Iran will continue to test...
(VOVworld) – On Thursday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry accused Saudi planes of deliberately bombing its embassy in Yemen’s capital Sanaa during an airstrike, which wounded two embassy staff members. The...
Iran is not mounting tension with Saudi Arabia. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaber Ansari said this in a weekly press conference on Monday, after Saudi Arabia’s severing diplomatic...
(VOVworld) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry warned Saturday that Saudi Arabia would pay a high price for following policies that led to the execution of Shi’ite preacher Nimr al-Nimr...
(VOVworld) - The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing US officials, that the Obama administration remained committed to countering Tehran's missile program and that the restrictions against companies and...
(VOVworld) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says IS will be rooted out from Iraq next year. Al-Abadi said in a speech broadcast on state television Monday that Iraq will...
(VOVworld) - China and Iraq agreed Tuesday to establish a strategic partnership during the on-going visit by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to China
(VOVworld) – Turkey announced Sunday that it will stop further deployment of troops to the Bashiqa area near Mosul, Iraq, which is currently under IS control
(VOVworld)- Turkey has deployed troops to the Iraq city of Mosul. Earlier, the US announced a plan to triple US troops in Iraq and deploy a "specialized expeditionary targeting force" to...
(VOVworld) - Iraq has sufficient forces to fight the Islamic State (IS), Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Monday