(VOVWORLD) - Libya's UN-backed government on Thursday declared a high state of security alert shortly after a deadly attack by Islamic State (IS) militants on a security checkpoint in...
(VOVWORLD) - American troops will remain in Iraq “as long as needed” to help stabilize the country, Sean Ryan, spokesperson for the US-led coalition to defeat ISIS told a press...
(VOVWORLD) - Afghanistan’s president, Ashraf Ghani, on Sunday announced a ceasefire with Taliban insurgents starting Monday to mark the Eid al-Adha holiday, despite heavy fighting in recent days in...
(VOVWORLD) -Iraqi security forces on Sunday killed a leader of the extremist Islamic State (IS) group and some of his aides in an operation in Iraq's central province of...
(VOVWORLD) - The Islamic State (IS) militants killed 2 truck drivers and kidnapped 15 people in 2 separated attacks on Sunday in central Iraq, official sources reported on Monday
(VOVWORLD) - Iraqi authorities on Monday discovered the remains of 158 bodies believed to belong to soldiers of Speicher Camp who were executed by Islamic State (ISIS) militants when the group...
(VOVWORLD) - NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said NATO forces are staying in Iraq at Iraq’s request
(VOVWORLD) - Iraq will under no circumstances permit the United States to build permanent military bases on its soil, because the move would be a violation of Iraq’s sovereignty,...
(VOVWORLD) - Governments from around the world on Wednesday pledged billions of dollars in loans and investment for the reconstruction of Iraq, a nation reeling from a three-year war against...
(VOVWORLD) -Iraqi security services have published the names of 60 people wanted on suspicion of affiliation to ISIS and al-Qaeda Takfiri terrorist groups, as well as the banned Ba...
(VOVWORLD) - A double suicide bombing has killed 26 people and injured 90 others in Baghdad, the second such attack in the Iraqi capital in three days
(VOVWORLD) - Several experts in Islamist affairs have said the Islamic State’s supreme leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is likely to be in Africa, being the safest place in the...
(VOVWORLD) - The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) on Tuesday agreed with the Federal Government in Baghdad to engage in talks with the aim of ensuring that Baghdad restores control over crossing...
(VOVWORLD) -Iran has reopened all its border crossings with Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, after their closure over a controversial independence vote
(VOVWORLD) -An Iraqi military parade celebrating the final victory over the Islamic State was held in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Sunday
(VOVWORLD) - Islamic State (ISIS) claimed responsibility for a suicide attack that took place on Monday targeting the Nahrawan area southeast of Baghdad, which killed 11 people and injured 31
(VOVWORLD) - Iraq’s Supreme Federal Court ruled on Monday that no region or province can secede, strengthening the government’s power as it seeks to prevent a repeat of...
(VOVWORLD) - At least 10 people were killed and some 20 others wounded on Wednesday night in a suicide bomb attack on a popular cafe in Iraq's Anbar province, a...
(VOVWORLD) - Iraqi Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Mahjoub on Saturday called on Turkey and Iran to close border crossings with the Kurdish region in northern Iraq
(VOVWORLD) - Iraqi President Haider al-Abadi said Saturday that Iraq will protect the Kurds from any attack, amid rising tensions after their unilateral referendum on Kurdistan’s independence