(VOVWORLD) -The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting on Monday at the request of Russia, as the conflict in Gaza continues to fan tensions across the Middle East
(VOVWORLD) - The US military announced Wednesday it will reduce its presence in Iraq this month from 5,200 to 3,000 troops
(VOVWORLD) - An overloaded ferry carrying 100 people celebrating the Kurdish New Year capsized in the Tigris River near the Iraqi city of Mosul on Thursday, killing 72 people
(VOVWORLD) - Nguyen Dang Quang, Chairman of Vietnam’s consumer giant Masan Group, has become the third billionaire in Vietnam
(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) - Between 20,000 and 30,000 Islamic State fighters remain in Iraq and Syria, despite the jihadist group’s defeat and a halt in the flow of foreigners joining its...
(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 troops on Monday arrested two high-profile members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group near Mosul as government forces, supported by allied fighters from Popular Mobilization Units, continue...
(VOVWORLD) - The Iraqi and Kurdish army commanders made progress in Saturday talks, aiming at a ceasefire between the federal and Kurdish Peshmerga forces, but the two sides fell short to...
(VOVWORLD) - Iraq’s armed forces have killed 80 Islamic State gunmen in an operation near Tal Afar, west of Mosul
(VOVWORLD) - The Iraqi army on Saturday began large-scale operations aimed at mopping up the remaining Islamic State’s presence in the east-central Diyala province
(VOVWORLD) - Iraqi forces have driven the Islamic State from central Tal Afar and its historic citadel
(VOVWORLD) - Iraqi forces made fresh gains on Wednesday in an offensive to repel ISIS from the city of Tal Afar, a militant last stronghold in northwest Iraq
(VOVWORLD) -Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared on Saturday a new plan to liberate the town of Tal Afar from Islamic State militants
(VOVWORLD) - Iraqi warplanes have killed more than 30 Islamic State militants west of Mosul on Monday as operations target the remaining pockets in Nineveh province
(VOVWORLD) - Iraqi forces clashed with ISIS militants holding out in Mosul's Old City on Wednesday, more than 36 hours after Baghdad declared victory over the jihadists
(VOVWORLD) - Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory over the Islamic State in Mosul on Monday, marking the biggest defeat of the terrorist state since its establishment three...
(VOVWORLD) -The battle to take full control of Mosul from the Islamic State will be over in a few days and an attempted fight-back by the militants failed, an...
(VOVWORLD) - Iraqi forces battling Islamic State (IS) militants yesterday made new progress against IS positions in the northwestern edge of IS stronghold in the western side of Mosul, the Iraqi...
(VOVWORLD) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says US military forces will not stay on in Iraq once government forces retake swathes of land from the Islamic State