Terrorism in Syria

A bomb attack on an army bus in Damascus killed at least 13 people on Oct. 20 in the bloodiest such attack in years, the SANA state news agency reported.

"A terrorist bombing using two explosive devices targeted a passing bus" at a key bridge in the capital, the news agency said, reporting an initial casualty toll of 13 dead and three wounded.

Pope Francis prayed on March 7 for "victims of war" outside a centuries-old church in Iraq's Mosul, where the ISIL group ravaged one of the world's oldest Christian communities until the jihadists' defeat three years ago.

Greek authorities have arrested the jihadi husband of a German woman that is standing trial in Munich for letting a 5-year-old Yazidi girl die of thirst, his lawyer told Euronews on Thursday.

Turkish police on April 29 detained five ISIL-linked suspects during a counterterrorism operation in the country's northeastern Trabzon province.

Despite finding widespread support globally, Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad has said she feels disappointed that none of the ISIL militants who raped and tortured Yazidi women have been brought to justice yet.

A gunman claiming allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) fired shots and took hostages at a supermarket in Trebes in southwestern France on March 23, a local prosecutor said.

Turkey’s Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli on Feb. 13 attended a ministerial meeting in Rome of the global coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

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).

Turkish law enforcement officials on Jan. 29 caught Demet Taşar, a suspect sought with a red notice from Interpol for links to the Islamic State of Levant (ISIL), the Interior Ministry said in a statement.

Turkish Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın has criticized some Western countries for perceiving Turkey’s military operation in Syria as a distraction from the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).