US to send more troops to Iraq

US to send more troops to Iraq

(VOVworld) – The United States will send an additional 560 military personnel to Iraq to assist in its fight against the Islamic State, visiting Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced on Monday
Syrian media reports IS leader dead

Syrian media reports IS leader dead

(VOVworld) – Syrian media cited sources affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) that IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead, without elaboration. Other reports said al-Baghdadi was killed in...
Iraq launches operation to retake Fallujah from IS

Iraq launches operation to retake Fallujah from IS

(VOVworld) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi said Iraq has begun a military operation to retake Fallujah in Anbar province from Islamic State. He said Iraqi forces including the federal police soldiers...
Bomb attacks in Iraq kill 69 people

Bomb attacks in Iraq kill 69 people

(VOVworld) – 69 people were killed and 100 others injured in a spate of bomb attacks on Tuesday in Baghdad, Iraq. An attack in Shiite al-Shaab district killed 34 people...
IS weakens in Iraq

IS weakens in Iraq

(VOVworld) – The Islamic State in Iraq is “losing terrain every single day”, said US’s Baghdad-based Major General Gary Volesky, adding that the group is increasingly unable to recruit...
Joe Biden makes surprise visit to Iraq

Joe Biden makes surprise visit to Iraq

(VOVworld) - US Vice President Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Iraq on Thursday for the first time in almost five years since the US withdrew its military forces from...