International military intervention against ISIL

The United States launched airstrikes in Syria on Feb. 25, targeting facilities near the Iraqi border used by Iranian-backed militia groups. The Pentagon said the strikes were retaliation for a rocket attack in Iraq earlier this month that killed one civilian contractor and wounded a U.S. service member and other coalition troops.

A government spokesman says Germany isn't considering sending ground troops to Syria as part of its contribution to fighting the ISIL.

The French government said on May 27 that it would take "the necessary steps" to try to prevent Iraq from carrying out the death penalty against three French citizens convicted of fighting alongside the ISIL.

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

Iraqi President Barham Salih said foreign ISIL fighters tried in Iraq could be handed death sentences, according to an interview published by Abu Dhabi-based newspaper The National on March 8.

Iraqi President Barham Salih said foreign ISIL fighters tried in Iraq could be handed death sentences, according to an interview published by Abu Dhabi-based newspaper The National on March 8.

Turkey has conducted a new wave of airstrikes in northern Iraq.

Egyptian troops and security forces have killed at least 52 suspected militants in recent days, the army said in a statement on Aug. 5, as authorities push ahead with an operation to crush Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

At least 51 foreign nationals have been detained in Istanbul for their alleged links to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), according to a police source on May 25.

Security forces detained nine suspected members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in southern Turkey on May 17, according to a police source.