Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

France and Turkey concur that anti-ISIL operations must extend beyond Kobane as President Erdoğan again demands a wider fight against al-Assad Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan took aim at Western leaders in Paris on Oct.

Gianni Pittella, president of the Socialists and Democrats group (S&D) at the European Parliament, has urged the Turkish government to allow fighters from the People’s Protection Units (YPG) to use Turkish territory to cross into Kobane.

Iraq's most senior Shi'ite cleric called on the government on Oct. 31 to rush to the aid of Sunni tribes battling Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), after the militant group executed at least 220 tribesmen west of Baghdad this week.
   

Foreign jihadists from more than 80 countries have flocked to fight in Iraq and Syria on an "unprecedented scale", according to extracts of a UN report published by Britain's Guardian newspaper on Oct. 31.
      

Vučić thanked for "support in battle against ISIL"

BELGRADE -- U.S. President Barack Obama has thanked Aleksandar Vučić "for Serbia's support to the international coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant."

This is what U.S.State Secretary John Kerry informed Vučić on Thursday, said a statement.

It was wrong to send Syrian rebel forces to the besieged city of Kobane, a Free Syrian Army (FSA) commander who has been fighting against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Kobane has said.

The highly anticipated corridor for the Peshmarga fighters has finally opened and they have marched into Turkish soil to move into Kobane. It all looked like a long wedding procession. As BBC and CNN International broadcast the crossing, ordinary Turks who only watch TV series or football matches were not able to see even a glimpse of it on their favorite channels.

BELGRADE - US President Barack Obama has thanked Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic for Serbia's support to the international coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), US State Secretary John Kerry informed Vucic on Thursday.

No terrorist organization would be able to survive on its own without international support, Turkish Parliament Speaker Cemil Çiçek has suggested, accusing the world of "hypocrisy" in the fight against terrorism.

The United States is working closely with the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government to clamp down on oil smuggling in a bid to cut off a key source of funding for Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a senior U.S. official said on Oct. 30.