Sources: Washington Post
The United States Marine Corps' 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit arrives in Syria ahead of a Syrian Democratic Forces operation to take control of ISIL's de facto capital of Raqqa. 2017-03-8
At least 24 people are killed in a series of attacks in and around Baghdad. ISIL has claimed responsibility. 2016-05-30
Iraq says that Iran, Russia and Syria are assisting it in its fight with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. 2015-09-26
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant is reported to have blown up the ancient Baalshamin temple in Palmyra, Syria. 2015-08-23
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants execute 19 women in Mosul, Iraq, for refusing to have sex with the group’s fighters.{{cn}}2015-08-7
Tens of thousands of Kurds flee into Turkey ahead of an ISIL offensive. 2014-09-21
Islamic State fighters shoot down a Syrian Air Force warplane conducting an airstrike on Raqqa. 2014-09-16
The Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al-Maliki confirms that the Syrian Air Force bombed Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant positions in Iraq earlier in the week. 2014-06-26
The United States evacuates personnel from its embassy in Baghdad as Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant nears the city. 2014-06-15
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says barrels packed with explosives dropped from Syrian Air Force aircraft have killed 517 people in the northern province of Aleppo since 15 December. 2013-12-29