Syria

The World Food Program launched an unusual campaign Dec. 3 to raise $1 contributions from 64 million people around the world so it can restore food vouchers to Syrian refugees who won't be getting any U.N. help in December.

The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which overran large areas of Iraq and Syria, has set up training camps in eastern Libya and the American military is closely monitoring, a top U.S. general said Dec. 3.

A human rights watchdog urged Turkey on Dec. 3 to remove from its border with Syria landmines which have killed three people and wounded nine among more than 2,000 Syrian refugees camped in a minefield.

The U.S. Embassy in Ankara said on Dec. 3 it had received reports that "extremist groups" may be planning an attack against a Syrian opposition group in the southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep.
 

A stigma relating to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has attached itself to Turkey and refuses to go away. The belief around the world, including part of the Middle East, as well as among Turkish opposition parties, is that Ankara is somehow complicit in the rise of this group and continues to support it.

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The Supreme Court of Appeals has reversed three judgments that found main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu guilty over “insult” claims in favor of Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu.

BRUSSELS - Serbia has listed its citizens who joined the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and it is ready to contribute to the global fight against terrorism, Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic stated in Brussels on Wednesday.

Authorities "know identity of those fighting for ISIL"

BRUSSELS -- Serbia has a list of its citizens who joined the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and is ready to contribute to the global fight against terrorism.

This is what Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic said in Brussels on Wednesday.

A prominent Muslim cleric said on Dec. 3 the U.S.-led coalition carrying out air strikes on Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) should widen its scope to include all other militant groups that were "tarnishing Islam."