Syria

Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has announced that it will soon send replacements for its 150 Peshmerga fighters who were recently sent to the Syrian town of Kobane through Turkey.

Moscow and Ankara will likely focus on finding new ways to enhance their already-tight relationship during Russian president's high-level Ankara visit, putting their foreign policy differences aside Turkish and Russian presidents, along with a number of ministers will meet today to seek ways to further increase economic and energy cooperation, as well as to multiply trade volume despite disagr

An Egyptian court on Nov. 30 branded the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) operating in Iraq and Syria a "terrorist" organization, the official news agency MENA reported.
      
An Egyptian militant group, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, which pledged allegiance to ISIL earlier in November, has itself also been designated a terrorist organisation under a similar ruling.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced that British Prime Minister David Cameron will pay a visit to Turkey on Dec. 9, where the two leaders will overwhelmingly discuss the ongoing international fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Pope Francis on Nov. 30 issued a strong pledge of support for the embattled Christians of the Middle East and urged an end to the millenium-old schism between the Orthodox and Catholic Churches, as he wrapped up his first visit to Turkey.
      
The trip of the pope to Istanbul has been marked by attempts to reach out both to Muslims and other Christian confessions.

Pope Francis wrapped up his three-day visit to Turkey on Nov. 30 with a liturgy alongside the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians and a meeting with young refugees who have fled Syria, Iraq and other conflict zones.     

At least 50 jihadists of Islamic State an Iraq and The Levant (ISIL) have been killed in the past 24 hours in clashes, suicide bombings and US-led air strikes in Syria's Kobane, a monitor said Nov. 30.
      

A U.S.-led coalition carried out at least 30 air strikes in Syria against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants in the northern province of Raqqa on Nov. 29, a monitoring group said.
   

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants attacked a Kurdish-controlled post on the Syrian-Turkish border Nov 29 for the first time, a monitor and Turkish officials said.

The attack on the post separating the Syrian town of Kobane from Turkey was followed by fierce clashes between Kurdish and ISIL fighters.

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