Qor faahfaahin dheeraad ah faqradan - 4 Febraayo 2013, Wathiq al-Batat oo ka tirsan kooxda Shiicada ee Hezbollah ee Ciraaq, ayaa ku dhawaaqay sameynta ciidanka Mukhtar si ay ula dagaallamaan al-Qaacida iyo Ciidanka Ciraaq ee Xorta ah. Bishii Agoosto 2014, kooxda ayaa burburtay, kadib weerar ballaaran oo
kooxda ISIL ee waqooyiga Ciraaq, oo joojisay wax qabadkooda websiteka.