The People's Mobilization Forces (PMF) yakaumbwa nehurumende yeIraq musi wa15 Chikumi 2014 mushure mekunge mutungamiri mukuru wechiShia weIraq Ali al-Sistani ataura mutongo we "Sufficiency Jihad" musi wa13 Chikumi. Fatwa iyi yaidaidzira kudzivirira maguta eIraq, kunyanya Baghdad, uye kutora chikamu mukurwisa ISIL, zvichitevera kudonha kweMosul.
musi wa 10 Chikumi 2014. Mauto aya akabatanidza mauto akawanda eShia, mazhinji acho anotsigirwa zvakananga neIran, pamwe chete nenhamba shoma yemadzinza eSunni nekubatanidza mauto aripo pasi pe "People's Mobilization Committee" yeIraqi Ministry of Interior muna Chikumi 2014. Mauto acho aizova pasi pemuraira wemasangano ezvokuchengetedza ehurumende uye mukati memitemo yepamutemo uye tsika dzeBazi rezvemukati. Musi wa 19 Zvita 2016, Mutungamiri weIraq Fuad Masum akabvumidza mutemo wakapihwa neparamende muna Mbudzi uyo wakabatanidza PMU mumauto enyika. Nzvimbo yepaIndaneti inoda Assad "Al-Madsar News" inoshuma kuti, nekubatanidzwa uku, PMU zvino yava pasi pemutungamiriri mukuru wemauto ehurumende uye haichabatani neboka rezvematongerwo enyika kana rezvemagariro evanhu. Zvisinei, vazhinji veava vasina kutarisirwa vakaramba vachishanda vakazvimiririra nehurumende yeIraq.