In 2015 , 2016 and 2017 , ISIL claimed responsibility for a number of high-profile terrorist attacks outside Iraq and Syria , including a mass shooting at a Tunisian tourist resort ( 38 European tourists killed ) , the Suruç bombing in Turkey ( 33 leftist and pro-Kurdish activists killed ) , the Tunisian National Museum attack ( 24 foreign tourists and Tunisians killed ) , the Sana'a mosque bombings ( 142 Shia civilians killed ) , the crash of Metrojet Flight 9268 ( 224 killed , mostly Russian tourists ) , the bombings in Ankara ( 102 pro-Kurdish and leftist activists killed ) , the bombings in Beirut ( 43 Shia civilians killed ) , the November 2015 Paris attacks ( 130 civilians killed ) , the killing of Jaafar Mohammed Saad , the governor of Aden , the January 2016 Istanbul bombing ( 11 foreign tourists killed ) , the 2016 Brussels bombings ( 32 civilians killed ) , the 2016 Atatürk Airport attack ( 48 foreign and Turkish civilians killed ) , the 2016 Nice attack ( 86 civilians killed ) , the July 2016 Kabul bombing ( at least 80 civilians killed , mostly Shia Hazaras ) , the 2016 Berlin attack ( 12 civilians killed ) , the 2017 Istanbul nightclub shooting ( 39 foreigners and Turks killed ) , the 2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing ( 15 civilians killed ) , the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing ( 22 civilians killed ) , the 2017 Catalonia attacks ( 16 civilians killed ) , 2017 Tehran attacks ( 18 civilians killed ) , 13 July 2018 Pakistan bombings ( at least 131 killed ) . The Saudi Arabian government reports that in one relatively short period — the first eight months of 2016 — there were 25 attacks in the kingdom by ISIL
bombings in Beirut
2015 Beirut bombings
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant