(VOVworld) – Islamic State militants reached Amriyat al-Fallujah, the last town under the control of the Iraqi government in western Anbar province, said the town sheriff Aref al-Janabi
(VOVworld)-Islamic State (IS) militants executed an Iraqi news cameraman and 12 other people on Friday. The militants shot dead Raad al-Azzawi, a 37-year-old cameraman for local news channel Sama Salaheddin, his...
(VOVworld) – US Vice President Joe Biden apologised to UAE Prince Abu Dhabi Mohammed al-Nehayan for “any implications” in a speech that the UAE supports Islamic State militants
(VOVworld) – Almost half of Iraq's army is incapable of working against Islamic State (IS) militants. General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on Wednesday...
(VOVworld) - Iraq's parliament approved a new government headed by Prime Minister Haider Abadi on Monday. The defense and interior ministers are still unnamed due to political differences
(VOVworld) – The US President on Thursday admitted the US had “no strategy” against the Islamic State in Syria and rejected rumors that the US would launch air attacks against IS...
(VOVworld) - Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Haider al-Abadi said Monday that the establishment of a unified government might be finalized within the next one or two days because talks concerning...
(VOVworld) – Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced his resignation Thursday and expressed his support for his successor Haidar al-Abadi
(VOVworld) - Kurdish spokesperson Holgard Hekmat told reporters on Friday that American F-16s first entered Iraqi airspace on a reconnaissance mission and are now targeting ISIS or the Islamic State, in...
(VOVworld)- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's special envoy for Iraq, Nickolay Mladenov, urged the UN Security Council to take drastic steps to force the Islamic State extremist group...
(VOVworld) – Salim al-Jubouri, the Speaker of Iraq’s Council of Representatives, said on Tuesday that more than 100 people had registered for Iraq’s presidency
(VOVworld)- The Gaza Strip in the Middle East has over the past few days been continuously hit by Israeli’s air strikes which killed hundreds of civilians and brought both...
(VOVworld) – Iraqi lawmakers on Tuesday elected Salim al-Jubouri as speaker of parliament after two failed sittings
(VOVworld) – Iraq's parliament postponed until Tuesday a meeting aimed at agreeing on the formation of a new government because of a lack of consensus among political factions
(VOVworld) – Political differences have tensed after Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki vowed to seek a third term in office
(VOVworld) – Iraq has received the first batch of jet fighters it ordered from Russia to help it fight against Sunni rebels, the Iraqi Defense Ministry on Sunday said
(VOVworld)-The Iraqi army says it has launched a major offensive to retake Tikrit from Sunni rebels, amid conflicting claims over who controls the city's university
(VOVworld) - Iran has not sent military forces to Iraq, said Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham, denying the presence of any Iranian military officials in the crisis-torn country
(VOVworld) – US Secretary of State John Kerry visited Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on Tuesday to urge its leaders not to withdraw from the political process in Baghdad after Kurdish...
(VOVworld)- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Monday warned that attacks by Sunni insurgents from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) represent a threat not only...