Iraq: 34 people killed in IS clashes in Anbar

Iraq: 34 people killed in IS clashes in Anbar

(VOVworld) – Iraqi security forces on Monday continued clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants in the Iraqi province of Anbar, leaving a total of 34 people killed and 23 others injured
Suicide bombs in Cameroon and Iraq

Suicide bombs in Cameroon and Iraq

(VOVworld) - At least 19 people have been killed and 62 injured in a suicide bombing in the northern Cameroon town of Maroua on Saturday. It comes just three days after...
Iraqi forces kill IS commander in Anbar

Iraqi forces kill IS commander in Anbar

(VOVworld) - Iraqi security forces in the Al-Tash region killed Mohammad Eid, a senior commander of IS on the third day of an ongoing large-scale military operation to liberate...
US gears up efforts to fight IS

US gears up efforts to fight IS

(VOVworld) - President Barack Obama pledged to increase US support for the moderate opposition in Syria's civil war on Monday and said the United States needed to do more at...
Dozens of IS militants killed in Iraq, Syria

Dozens of IS militants killed in Iraq, Syria

(VOVworld) - A total of 40 Islamic State (IS) militants were killed on Saturday in US-led coalition air strikes and clashes with Iraqi security forces and allied militias in Iraq's...
Barack Obama: IS to be defeated

Barack Obama: IS to be defeated

(VOVworld) – US President Barack Obama said on Monday he was confident Islamic State militants (IS) would be driven out of Iraq and defeated
Suicide attack kills a number of Iraqis

Suicide attack kills a number of Iraqis

(VOVworld) – A suicide car bomb detonated at a military base in Iraq's western province of Anbar on Monday, killing at least 38 members of the security force and wounding 25 others. The attack...
Iraq recaptures IS-held town

Iraq recaptures IS-held town

(VOVworld) - Iraqi security forces and allied militias on Saturday retook control of a small town east of Ramadi, capital of Anbar province, after heavy clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants
IS second-in-command killed in Iraq

IS second-in-command killed in Iraq

(VOVworld) – Abu Alaa al-Afari, the second-in-command of Islamic State (IS) has been killed in a US-led coalition air strike in northern Iraq