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Having expanded into Syria, the group (ISIL) adopted the name "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant"
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ISIL made rapid military gains in Northern Syria, where according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights they were the "the strongest group"
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Two car bombs exploded in the town of Reyhanlı in Hatay Province, Turkey. At least 51 people were killed and 140 injured in the attack
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ISIL organised a mass break-out of its members being held in Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison
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members of ISIL killed the Ahrar ash-Sham commander Abu Obeida Al-Binnishi
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al-Qaeda's general command broke off its links with ISIL, reportedly to concentrate the Islamist effort on unseating President Bashar al-Assad
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ISIL carried out a suicide attack in Aleppo killing a commander of Ahrar ash-Sham and 6 other members of the group
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki accused Saudi Arabia and Qatar of openly funding ISIL
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki accused Saudi Arabia and Qatar of openly funding ISIL
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ISIL carried out a total of seven public executions in the city of Ar-Raqqah, in northern Syria
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The Syrian Air Force bombed ISIL positions in Iraq
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ISIL claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing which killed 33 people and left more than 50 wounded
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US President Obama authorized targeted airstrikes in Iraq against ISIL, along with airdrops of aid
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James Foley beheading video
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The US military admitted that a covert rescue attempt involving US Special Operations forces had been made to rescue James Foley and other Americans held captive in Syria by ISIL
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ISIL released a video showing the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff
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ISIL released a video showing the beheading of British aid worker Alan Henning and threatened American aid worker, Peter Kassig