(VOVworld) – Iraqi militants retreated from several western Iraqi towns and towards the Syrian border on Sunday as security forces worked their way up the Euphrates Valley
(VOVworld) - On Sunday Turkish authorities declared a new curfew in two mainly-Kurdish towns in the southeast region: Yuksekova in Hakkari province and Nusaybin in Mardin province
(VOVworld) – Iraq reports that Islamic State militants had conducted two chemical attacks near Kirkuk city, killing a child and injuring approximately 600 people. The latest attack was on Saturday in Taza...
(VOVworld) - The IS jihadist group has significantly expanded its control over Libya, fueling demand by the country's warring parties for more arms to confront the threat
(VOVworld) - Germany’s federal criminal police said Thursday that they are in possession of files containing personal data on members of the extremist group IS and believe them to be...
(VOVworld) – The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US State Secretary John Kerry had a phone conversation on Sunday, praising the "real progress" in ensuring a cessation of hostilities in...
(VOVworld) – The Islamic State has been defeated in eastern Afghanistan, where it had taken over several remote districts
(VOVworld) –Islamic State (IS) is expanding its influence in and outside Libya, UN Secretary General of Ban Ki-moon said Saturday in Mauritania as part of his tour of West...
(VOVworld) - Five terrorists were killed Wednesday in Ben Guerdene, near the Libyan border, Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid said on Thursday
(VOVworld) – The Islamic State killed 8 of its Dutch fighters for "desertion and mutiny" in Maadan, Raqqa province, Syria, last week, a member of the citizen journalist group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered...
(VOVworld) – At least 22 Taliban militants were killed in a fierce fight in Baghlan, a northern province of Afghanistan, over the last 24 hours
(VOVworld) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister David Cameron, French President Francois Hollande and President of the United States Barack Obama held a video conference Tuesday to discuss Syria
(VOVworld)- European intelligence agencies plan to boost their fight against Islamic militants by creating a virtual network to share information among up to 30 countries, officials said Friday
(VOVworld) – Some 100 people were killed or injured in a bomb attack which struck a convoy of vehicles carrying military personnel near the headquarters of the Turkish Defense Ministry and...
(VOVworld) - Tests by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have confirmed that Islamic State militants used mustard gas in an attack against Kurdish militia in Iraq in August...
(VOVworld) – Turkey will continue to strike back at Kurdish fighters of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Syria
(VOVworld) - US Secretary of State John Kerry has warned that the mass influx of refugees and other migrants into Europe spells a 'near existential threat' to the continent
(VOVworld)- Talks between Turkey and Israel to mend fences are going well but a deal has not yet been reached in efforts to improve relations and increase energy cooperation in...
(VOVworld) - The Iraqi security forces fought fierce clashes with IS militants and retook control of the eastern part of the city of Ramadi, while the troops seized a road linking...
(VOVworld) – Seventy five Islamic State militants were killed on Monday as the Iraqi security forces recaptured two areas from the extremist militants in eastern city of Ramadi, Anbar province