Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakutanga kwa2014, ISIL yakadzinga mauto ehurumende yeIraq mumaguta akakosha mumushandirapamwe wayo weAnbar, uyo wakateverwa ne
kubatwa kweMosul uye kuurayiwa kwevanhu muSinjar. 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.