Iraq rules out foreign ground intervention

Iraq rules out foreign ground intervention

(VOVworld) – Iraq ruled out any foreign ground intervention to help government forces retake territory lost to jihadists and urged Sunnis to give up such hopes, Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al...
US underestimates rise of Islamic State

US underestimates rise of Islamic State

(VOVworld) – The US has underestimated the possibility that the Syrian civil war gives jihadists a space to thrive and grow rapidly, US President Barack Obama said Sunday in an interview...
US warns of potential internal jihads

US warns of potential internal jihads

(VOVworld) – US national security is facing unprecedented challenges—potential jihads—when American citizens who have fought alongside with extremist groups in Syria and Iraq have returned home
IS ally abducts French citizen in Algeria

IS ally abducts French citizen in Algeria

(VOVworld) – The Jund al-Khilafah, an Algerian group, has kidnapped and threatened to kill a Frenchman unless Paris halts air attacks in Iraq against its ally, the Islamic State (IS)
EC not target jihadists

EC not target jihadists

(VOVworld) – The European Commission said on Sunday that it had received no particular threat despite rumors that its headquarters in Brussels might be an attack target of jihadists from Syria
UN Security Council condemns Sotloff murder

UN Security Council condemns Sotloff murder

(VOVworld) - The UN Security Council on Saturday strongly condemned the “heinous and cowardly” murder of American journalist Steven Sotloff by Islamists and declared that the Islamic State must be defeated
US surveillance planes fly over Syria

US surveillance planes fly over Syria

(VOVworld) - The US has begun surveillance flights over Syria. The move could pave the way for air strikes against the self-declared Islamic State, whose fighters are spreading out in...