Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Gwamnatin Iraqi ta kafa Sojojin Tattara Jama'a (PMF) a ranar 15 ga Yuni, 2014 bayan babban malamin Shi'a na Iraqi Ali al-Sistani ya ba da fatwa mara addini a kan "Jihad na Isar da Kai" a ranar 13 ga Yuni. Fatwa ta bukaci kare biranen Iraqi, musamman Baghdad, da kuma shiga cikin hare-haren da ake yi a kan ISIL, bayan da aka yi wa ISIL kisan kiyashi.
Faduwar Mosul a ranar 10 ga Yuni 2014. Sojojin sun haɗu da wasu 'yan bindiga na Shi'a, mafi yawansu suna samun tallafi kai tsaye daga Iran, tare da wasu' yan kabilar Sunni da yawa ta hanyar haɗa ƙungiyoyin 'yan bindiga a ƙarƙashin "Kwamitin Motsa Jama'a" na Ma'aikatar Harkokin Cikin Gida ta Iraqi a watan Yunin 2014. Sojojin za su fada karkashin inuwar ayyukan tsaro na jihar kuma a cikin tsarin doka da ayyukan Ma'aikatar Cikin Gida. A ranar 19 ga Disamba, 2016, Shugaban Iraqi Fuad Masum ya amince da dokar da majalisar ta zartar a watan Nuwamba wanda ya hada da PMU a cikin sojojin kasar. Shafin yanar gizo mai goyon bayan Assad "Al-Madsar News" ya ruwaito cewa, tare da wannan hadewa, PMU yanzu suna karkashin babban kwamandan sojojin kasa kuma ba za su sake kasancewa tare da kowane rukuni na siyasa ko na zamantakewa ba. Duk da haka, da yawa daga cikin wadannan ba bisa ka'ida ba sun ci gaba da aiki ba tare da jihar Iraqi ba.