Battle of Mosul

When the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was making territorial advances in Iraq and Syria and releasing its first video productions in August 2014, its Turkish diagnosis came from Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu: "Past anger [of], alienation and insults [against the Sunnis] have caused a reaction [which is ISIL].

Sevil Erku?sevil.erkus@hurriyet.com.trTurkish forces have killed 18 members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) after jihadists tried to sneak into a training camp in the Bashiqa region of northern Iraq late on Jan. 7, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an confirmed on Jan. 8. 

Sevil Erku?sevil.erkus@hurriyet.com.trTurkish forces have killed nearly 17 members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) when jihadists tried to sneak into the training camp in the Bashiqa region of northern Iraq late Jan. 8, Turkish sources told Hürriyet Daily News.

Turkey should w?thdraw any military forces in Iraq that are "not authorized by the Iraqi government," U.S. President Barack Obama has told Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, according to the White House.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu called his Iraqi counterpart, Haidar al-Abadi, on Dec. 30 and congratulated him on the recapture of Ramadi from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants on Dec. 28.

Five Turkish soldiers sustained injuries on Dec. 27 in the second attack this month on Bashiqa training camp in northern Iraq, Turkish sources have said.

The first attack at the Sunni military camp in the Bashiqa region of Iraq's Mosul province occurred on Dec. 16, when Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants fired Katyusha ÇNRA projectiles at the camp. 

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has reiterated his government's resolve to maintain a military presence in northern Iraq until Mosul is "liberated."

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has said he rejected joining a quartet to combat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) consisting of Syria, Iran, Iraq and Russia in Baghdad due to the presence of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

The Arab League has failed to understand Turkey's self-sacrificing and resolved efforts against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the region, Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Tanju Bilgiç said on Dec. 26.

The Arab League has failed to understand Turkey's self-sacrificing and resolved efforts against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the region, Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Tanju Bilgiç has said.