Kammala wannan jumla: A farkon shekarar 2014, ISIL ta kori sojojin gwamnatin Iraqi daga manyan biranen a yakin Anbar, wanda ya biyo bayan yakin basasa na Iraqi.
kamawar Mosul da kuma kisan gillar Sinjar. Rashin ikon sarrafawa kusan ya haifar da rushewar gwamnatin Iraqi kuma ya haifar da sabunta aikin soja na Amurka a Iraqi. A Siriya, ISIL ta kai hare-haren ƙasa a kan Sojojin Larabawa na Siriya da ƙungiyoyin 'yan tawaye.