VaAsiria vari kuchamhembe kweIraq uye kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweSyria vakapindura nekugadzira mauto evaAsiria kuti vadzivirire matunhu avo, uye kunyangwe vari vashoma uye vakanyanya pfuti, vakabudirira zvikuru mukudzinga ISIL kubva mumataundi nemisha yeAsiria, uye kudzivirira vamwe kubva pakurwiswa. Mauto eAsiriya akarwisawo ISIL pamwe chete nemapoka evarwi evaKurd, maTurkman, maYezidi, maShabaks, maArmenian maKristu, maKawilya, maMandeans, maCherkess uye maShia maMuslim maArabu nemaIran. "Dewkh Nawsha", rinoshandurwa kuti "avo vanozvipira", iboka remasoja rakaumbwa mazuva mashomanana ISIL yatora Mosul
muna 2014. Mauto acho anoumbwa nevaAsiria vakazvipira, vanobva mumapani ose eNinevhe. Dewkh Nawsha inotsigirwa neAssyrian Patriotic Party uye inotungamirwa naWilson Khammu.