 Nyorai kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Muna 2015, Kataib al-Imam Ali akatanga kutumira varwi vayo kuSyria, zvinonzi kudzivirira Sayyidah Zaynab Shrine, uye vakapinda muHondo yechipiri yeTikrit. Mukutanga kwa2016, varwi vayo vaive vabatanidzwa muhondo yehurumende yeSyria yekudzosa Palmyra neTadmur kubva kuISIL, uye gare gare gore iro, Kataib al-Imam Ali akapinda muhondo yeMosul uye kurwisa kweAleppo Mbudzi-Zvita 2016. 