Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A farkon shekarar 2014, ISIL ta kori sojojin gwamnatin Iraqi daga manyan biranen a yakin Anbar, wanda aka bi da kama Mosul
da kuma kisan kiyashin 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.