Military intervention against ISIL

Iraq has handed over to Russia four women and 27 children suspected of having ties to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), local television broadcaster Al-Sumaria quoted the foreign ministry as saying on Feb. 22.

Turkish prosecutors are seeking the indictment of the widow of an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighter, who they accuse of making bombs with her late husband for the group in Syria, U.S. news source Voice of America (VOA) reported on Feb. 16, citing local authorities.

Washington hopes to cooperate with Ankara to minimize threats against Turkey and continue the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Feb. 14.

To combat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the coalition needs common action and a unity of purpose, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Feb. 13 during a meeting of the U.S.-led anti-ISIL coalition.

Iraq seeks around $100 billion in foreign investment in transport, energy and agriculture as part of a plan to rebuild parts of the country and revive the economy after a three-year war on Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Australia will end air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and bring its six Super Hornet planes home after three years as part of the U.S.-led coalition in the Middle East, Defense Minister Marise Payne said on Dec. 22.

The military campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria should be completed in February following the end of fighting against the militant group in Iraq, French President Emmanuel Macron said.

French and Algerian militants, some arriving from Syria, have joined the ranks of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in northern Afghanistan where the militants have established new bases, multiple international and Afghan sources have told AFP.

The United States’ three-month-long ban on laptops in hand luggage on flights to and from the Middle East was put into effect after Israeli intelligence uncovered Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants were planning to transform laptops into bombs that could pass undetected through airport security, the magazine Vanity Fair reported on Nov. 22.

The Russian Defense Ministry has said it has obtained evidence the US-led coalition provides support for the terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).