(VOVWORLD) - Iraq said Saturday that its war on the ISIS is over after more than three years of combat operations drove the extremists from all of the territory they once...
(VOVWORLD) - Islamic State (ISIS) claimed responsibility for a suicide attack that took place on Monday targeting the Nahrawan area southeast of Baghdad, which killed 11 people and injured 31
(VOVWORLD) - At least 530 people were killed and 8,000 injured when a powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the Iran-Iraq border on Sunday
(VOVWORLD) - Iran has finished rescue activities in areas hit by a 7.3 magnitude earthquake on Sunday which killed more than 540 people and injured almost 8,000
(VOVWORLD) - Iraq’s Supreme Federal Court ruled on Monday that no region or province can secede, strengthening the government’s power as it seeks to prevent a repeat of...
(VOVWORLD) - A car bombing killed at least 75 civilians and injured 140 others in Deir Ezzor province, eastern Syria, on Saturday
(VOVWORLD) - Iraqi forces on Tuesday reclaimed many areas in western Anbar province from the Islamic State (ISIS)
(VOVWORLD) - Iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters on Sunday started a second round of talks aimed at reaching a ceasefire
(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) - Dozens of ISIS militants were killed during operations in Al-Anbar, in the last 72 hours
(VOVWORLD) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Friday ordered a 24-hour suspension to military operations against Kurdish forces in northern Iraq, to put the territories held by Kurdish...
(VOVWORLD) - Iran opened a border crossing with the Kurdistan region of Iraq on Wednesday after having closed it following last month’s vote in favor of independence in the Kurdish...
(VOVWORLD) - Iraqi President Fuad Masum urged Kurdish leaders to sit down with Iraqi leaders to resolve the current crisis
(VOVWORLD) - Iraqi forces took full control of Kirkuk city on Monday, following a 4-hour clash with Kurdish Peshmerga fighters
(VOVWORLD) -Iran's Foreign Ministry on Sunday denied reports that it closed a border crossing with northern Iraq in response to an independence referendum in Iraq's Kurdish region last...
(VOVWORLD) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed that Turkey will not allow itself to be threatened by Iraq or Syria
(VOVWORLD) - Iraqi Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Mahjoub on Saturday called on Turkey and Iran to close border crossings with the Kurdish region in northern Iraq
(VOVWORLD) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that Turkey will soon close its border with northern Iraq and shut its air space in response to the recent Kurdish independence referendum
(VOVWORLD) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif Monday called on the Iraqi government and Kurdish authorities to negotiate to resolve their disputes
(VOVWORLD) - Iraqi President Haider al-Abadi said Saturday that Iraq will protect the Kurds from any attack, amid rising tensions after their unilateral referendum on Kurdistan’s independence