In March 2012, the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Rosenthal had a meeting in the Netherlands with representatives of the Syrian National Council.
[4][9] In June 2015, the Dutch decided to continue their participation in this allied war against ISIL in Syria and Iraq until October 2016.
[11] On 29 January 2016, the Netherlands decided to “intensify” the Dutch contribution to the fight against ISIL in Iraq and Syria.
[12][13] Militarily, this encompassed:[12][14] The air attacks would be performed by the same F-16 squadron already acting in Iraq (see Dutch war against ISIL).
[8] Support for Jabhat al-Shamiya According to a revelation came in a news report on Nieuwsuur, the government of the Netherlands gave “non-lethal assistance” (NLA) to 22 armed rebel groups which Dutch prosecutors had labeled a ‘terrorist’ organization.