Persecution of Christians

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) sought to commit another attack after a suicide bombing a street wedding in the southeastern province of Gaziantep, the local governor's office has said, adding that the bomber was a 22- or 23-year-old Turkish-speaking male.

BELGRADE - Hundreds of civilians have been killed in Syria by the airstrikes of the US-led coalition against Daesh over the past two years, an international rights advocacy group said Wednesday.

At least 59 people were killed and more than 100 wounded when gunmen wearing suicide vests stormed a Pakistani police training academy in the southwestern city of Quetta and took hostages on Oct. 24.
Militant group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed the attack on Oct. 25 and said its fighters attacked a police training college in Quetta.

Iraqi security forces on Oct. 24 ended an attack by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Kirkuk city, killing at least 74 jihadists in three days of clashes, the provincial governor said, while Iraqi forces advancing on Mosul faced stiff resistance from the jihadist group.

The Mosul Operation started on Oct. 16. Till now, we discussed the issue from the viewpoint of the strategies conducted by the Iraqi Army, the Peshmerga and the coalition forces.

This time we will look into the red forces. What will the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) do? How will they defend the city? 

Sharpshooters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) jihadist group have become a threat in the Kurdish-controlled city of Kirkuk in Iraq on the third day of clashes, with security forces still tracking down the militants.

Locals and journalists working in the field have been trapped in the streets due to concealed ISIL sharpshooters in the city. 

The U.S. Consulate General in Istanbul on Oct. 22 issued a security notice over potential terror attacks targeting citizens and other foreigners living in the city.

An Iraqi government official said the statements of U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter claiming that Iraq and Turkey have  agreed in principle over the latter's much-debated involvement in a military operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) did not reflect the truth, BBC has reported on Oct. 22.

Security forces battled for a second day on Oct. 22 with Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) gunmen who infiltrated Kirkuk in a brazen raid that rattled Iraq as it ramped up an offensive to retake Mosul.

 A day after the shock attack on the Kurdish-controlled city, extremist snipers and suspected suicide bombers were still at large, prompting Baghdad to send reinforcements.

Jihadist gunmen, some of them wearing suicide vests, attacked the Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Oct. 21 in an apparent effort to divert the thousands of troops and militiamen closing in on their Mosul stronghold.