Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kwa2014, ISIL yakadzinga mauto ehurumende yeIraq mumaguta akakosha mumushandirapamwe wayo weAnbar, uyo wakateverwa nekutora kweMosul
uye kuurayiwa kwevanhu muSinjari. Kurasikirwa nokudzora kwakapotsa kwakonzera kuparara kwehurumende yeIraq uye kwakakurudzira kuvandudzwa kwechiito chemauto eU.S. muIraq. MuSyria, ISIL yakaita kurwisa kwepasi paSyria Arab Army uye mapoka evapanduki.