Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Sojojin ISIL sun kwace yawancin Gwamnatin Al Anbar, gami da biranen Fallujah, Al Qaim, Abu Ghraib da (a watan Mayu 2015) Ramadi, suna barin su a cikin 90% na Anbar. Tikrit, Mosul da kuma mafi yawan Nineveh Governorate, tare da sassan Salahuddin, Kirkuk da Diyala Governorates, sojojin 'yan tawaye sun kama su a cikin watan Yunin 2014. ISIL ta kwace Sinjar da wasu garuruwa da dama a cikin hare-haren watan Agusta 2014
, amma Sinjar ya zama birni mai rikici a watan Disamba na 2014.