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President Barack Obama told Americans on Sept. 10 he had authorized U.S. airstrikes for the first time in Syria and more attacks in Iraq in a broad escalation of a campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

US president Barack Obama has announced a sustained, US-led effort to combat the Islamic State, which would include action in Syria.

United States President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron want an international coalition that will fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levent (ISIL). The coalition they propose includes Turkey. The U.S.

With all eyes turned to Washington to hear the United States’ strategy to combat extremist jihadists in Iraq and Syria, the Turkish government is pondering its potential contribution to the anti-terror international coalition.
 

US Secretary of State John Kerry held talks with Iraq's new leaders Wednesday on their role in a long-awaited strategy against Islamic State jihadists to be unveiled by President Barack Obama.
      

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Baghdad on Sept. 10 as he began a tour of the Middle East to build military, political and financial support to defeat Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants controlling parts of Iraq and Syria.

U.S. President Barack Obama told leaders of Congress on Sept. 9 that he did not need for them to authorize his strategy to fight Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), ahead of a speech to Americans that may herald expanded operations against the group in Iraq and perhaps Syria.

US President Barack Obama is preparing to expand the American offensive against Islamic State extremists, including targeting the group's havens inside Syria, reports Bloomberg.

Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon on Tuesday called for world intelligence agencies to work together against the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group.        

The U.N. Security Council plans to demand countries "prevent and suppress" the recruitment and travel of foreign fighters to join extremist militant groups like Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) by ensuring it is considered a serious criminal offence under domestic laws.