(VOVworld) – 5 years ago, a revolution called “Arab spring” swept through North Africa and the Middle East, toppling regimes with waves of violence and riots
(VOVworld) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov chaired the annual press conference recapping Russia’s external achievements in 2015 and its future policy. Lavrov mentioned a possible reset of the Russian...
(VOVworld) - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Tuesday that Turkey will boycott UN-backed peace talks on Syria scheduled for later this week in Geneva, Switzerland, if the Syrian Kurdish group Democratic...
(VOVworld) – UN-mediated peace talks between the Syrian government and the opposition, scheduled for January 25, have been postponed to January 29 by disagreements on a number of issues. Those differences...
(VOVworld) – Syria will not make any new concessions at the Geneva peace talks scheduled for Monday
(VOVworld) – More than 150 cities and villages were liberated from terrorists in Syria in late December - early January thanks to Russian air strikes
(VOVworld) – The Islamic State group has lost an estimated 40 percent of the territory it once held in Iraq and 20 percent in Syria, the U.S.-led coalition fighting...
(VOVworld) – Saudi Arabia’s mass execution of 47 people, including Shiite religious leader Nimr al-Nimr, on terrorism charges is facing strong international criticism and has ignited a wave of protests among...
(VOVworld) - A powerful explosion rocked downtown Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday evening, the second blast of the day to hit the Afghan capital
(VOVworld) - The Arab League accused Turkey Thursday of violating international law and Iraq's sovereignty with a military deployment earlier this month that has provoked tensions between Baghdad and Ankara
(VOVworld) – Russian President Vladimir Putin Saturday hailed the country's secret services for foiling around 30 planned attacks and uncovering more than 320 foreign spies in 2015
(VOVworld) - Syrian President Bashar Assad said on Friday that his government will not negotiate with armed groups, calling them “terrorists” and accused Washington and its ally Saudi Arabia of backing...
(VOVworld) - Syrian political activists and rebel groups, at a conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, agreed to set up a joint body to prepare for future peace talks with Syrian...
(VOVworld) – British Prime Minister David Cameron and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to work together in the fight against the IS
(VOVworld) – Many Turkish soldiers illegally entered Iraq on December 4 to train Kurdish militias fighting IS. This has harmed relations between Iraq and Turkey and created a new security challenge...
(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) – US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin talked about the Syria crisis and the situation in Ukraine on Monday on the sidelines of the 21st UN Conference...
(VOVworld) - Iraq has sufficient forces to fight the Islamic State (IS), Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Monday
(VOVworld) – Syrian President Bashar Al Assad said government forces have won on many battlefields thanks to Russian airstrikes over the past two months. He said that since Russia had joined the...