(VOVworld) – The Iraqi army on Sunday withdrew its troops from 3 cities of western Anbar province after Sunni insurgents took over their fourth strategic city near the border with Syria
(VOVworld) – Fierce clashes occurred Saturday in the Iraqi border areas with Syria between the government forces and Sunni fighters led by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The militants, led by the...
(VOVworld) - The Pentagon said Friday that Iran has sent "small numbers" of operatives into Iraq to help Bagdad fend off the onslaught by Sunni militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and...
(VOVworld) - Iraqi forces regained control of the country’s biggest oil refinery in the city of Baiji on Thursday after a fierce battle with Sunni rebels. Baiji is Iraq’s biggest...
(VOVworld) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Tuesday to hold a dialogue to end the sectarian violence that has been devastating Iraq
(VOVworld) – Iraq has become a center of conflict in the Middle East as jihadists have taken control of one third of the country, hoping to create an Islamic State of Iraq and the...
(VOVworld) – US Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that Washington is considering air strikes and a possible cooperation with Iran to help the Iraqi government repulse Sunni insurgents
(VOVworld) - The United States moved an aircraft carrier into the Persian Gulf on Saturday, giving it far greater capacity to conduct airstrikes in northern Iraq against Islamist insurgents
(VOVworld) – A twin bombing on Sunday in front of the office of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Party (PUK) in Diyala province, 120 km northeast of Baghdad killed 19 and...
(VOVworld) – Consecutive bombings targeting densely populated Shiitte areas of Baghdad killed at least 25 and injured 80, said Iraqi security officials on Tuesday
(VOVworld) – At least 57 people were killed and thousands of people were injured in suicide bombings on Monday when Iraqi security forces began to poll in the general election on...
(VOVworld) – Several suicide bombings in Iraq on Monday caused 26 deaths and many injured
(VOVworld) – The Iraqi Council of Representatives general election began on Tuesday, despite escalating violence and conflict between political parties
(VOVworld) – Clashes between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad erupted in Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Sunday killing one person and injuring 15 others
(VOVworld) – Ongoing nuclear negotiations in Vienna between Iran and the P5+1 group have made modest gains towards a comprehensive deal to end the decade-long deadlock over Tehran’s controversial...
(VOVworld) – At least 18 people were killed and 40 others injured in Baghdad on Monday when car bombs ripped through several neighborhoods
(VOVworld) – Iraq’s Defense Ministry said on Monday that its military forces attacked and destroyed two camps of an insurgent group which has relations with the terrorist network of Al...
VOVworld)- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki is on a three-day tour of the US to seek military assistance to counter the spreading violence in his country. Is this a...
(VOVworld)- Egyptian police on Monday fired tear gas to disperse a student parade as the wave of protests supporting ousted President Mohamed Morsi has spread throughout universities in Cairo
(VOVworld)- At least 37 people were killed and 50 wounded in a series of bombings on Sunday