Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Munguva yehondo yevagari vemuSyria uye kutapukira muIraq, kutambudzwa kwevaKristu neISIL nemamwe mapoka evapanduki kwave kuchienderera mberi. Nhamba
Kuwa kweMosul neguta reAsiriya reQaraqosh muna 2014 ISIL mberi muIraq kwakatungamira kune vanofungidzirwa kuva zviuru zana zvevaAsiriya vechiKristu vanhu vakabviswa. Pashure pokunge Mosul yaparadzwa, ISIL yakarayira vaKristu vokuAsiriya vaiva muguta racho kuti vatendeukire kuchiIslam, vabhadhare mutero, kana kuti vaurayiwe. ISIL yakatanga kupenda misha yevagari vechiKristu netsamba inonzi "nūn" inoreva kuti "Nassarah" ("muKristu"). Zviuru zvavaKristu, vaYazidi (avo vakapiwa chisarudzo chokutendeuka kana rufu) uye vamwe, zvikurukuru vaMuslim vechiShia (avo ISIL inofunga kuva vaparadzi) vakasiya misha yavo neminda yavo. Kuparadzwa kwenhaka yetsika neISIL kwakabatanidza Mosque of the Prophet Jonah, inoremekedzwa muzvitendero zvose zvaAbrahama.