(VOVworld) – The Iraqi army launched a large-scale operation on Wednesday to retake the north of Tikrit city, the capital of Salahudin province, from Islamic State militants
(VOVworld) – The Islamic State on Saturday launched suicide attacks against Baiji oil refinery, Iraq’s largest
(VOVworld) - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called Monday for the international community to increase assistance for the 2.5 million people displaced by violence in Iraq. Ban met Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi,...
(VOVworld) – US aircraft on Wednesday launched bombing raids to help Iraqi forces recapture Tikrit from the Islamic State after Baghdad issued a request for air power
(VOVworld) – Iraqi forces have recaptured Tikrit city from the self-proclaimed Islamic State with the support of Sunni and Shiite militiamen
(VOVworld) - Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey arrived in Iraq on Monday to discuss military cooperation and the fight against Islamic State (IS)
(VOVworld) - Iraqi forces have pushed Islamic State (IS) fighters out of al-Baghdadi town in Anbar province. Iraqi and Kurdist forces are fighting to retake other places from IS. On February 13,...
(VOVworld) – Islamic State militants executed more than 30 security personnel in Iraq’s western Anbar province on Monday
(VOVworld) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Monday that Iraq's army and Shiite militia have launched an offensive against Islamic State (IS) in Salahuddin province, a stronghold...
(VOVworld) - The Islamic State (IS) militants Tuesday executed over 40 people, many were security members, in Iraq's western province of Anbar, a provincial security source said
(VOVworld) – Islamic State (IS) militants have lost only a tiny fraction of captured territory in Iraq after five months of US-led air strikes, the Pentagon said Friday
(VOVworld) – Yemen’s Houthi rebels seized the Yemeni presidential palace in Sana’a Tuesday
(VOVworld) – Around 11,000 demonstrators in Munich and 10,000 in Wiesbaden took to the streets on Monday in protest against the anti-Islamic movement PEGIDA
(VOVworld) - Yemeni Houthi rebels have seized control of state news agency SABA and the state TV station
(VOVworld) - Iraqi Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi said Tuesday that the Iraqi military has started rebuilding after its near total collapse last summer
(VOVworld) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi called for a "tribal revolution" against foreign enemies and emphasized the importance of the tribes and the sons of Anbar province taking part in...
(VOVworld) – Australia will strengthen cooperation with Iraq in the fight against the Islamic State (IS), said Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott during talks with his Iraqi counterpart Haider al-Abadi...
(VOVworld) - The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported Saturday that a Saudi delegation will travel to Iraq next week to start preparations to reopen an embassy in Baghdad for the first...
(VOVworld) – A suicide bombing targeting Shiite pilgrims north of Baghdad on Monday killed 17 people and put 35 others in critical condition. There hasn’t been claim of responsibility for...
(VOVworld) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi Sunday called for cooperation among nations of the region to defeat terrorism