Na tali atu tagata Asuria i matu o Iraq ma matu sasaʻe o Suria e ala i le fausiaina o militia Asuria e puipuia o latou teritori, ma e ui lava i le toʻatele o tagata ma le tele o auupega, ae na latou manuia tele i le tuliesea o le ISIL mai aai ma nuu o Asuria, ma puipuia isi mai osofaiga. O le militia a Asuria na tau faasaga i le ISIL faatasi ai ma vaega a Kurds, Turkoman, Yezidis, Shabaks, Armenian Kerisiano, Kawilya, Mandeans, Circassians ma Shia Muslim Arapi ma Iranians. O le "Dewkh Nawsha", o lona uiga "o i latou o loo faataulaga", o se vaegaau na faavaeina i ni nai aso talu ona faatoʻilaloina e le ISIL Mosul
i le 2014. O le ʻautau a Asuria, o tagata tauofo mai i fanua laugatasi uma o Nineva. O le Dewkh Nawsha o loo lagolagoina e le Assyrian Patriotic Party ma o loo taʻitaʻia e Wilson Khammu.