 Fatlawi akanga achiri kushanda semutungamiri mukuru weSamara Special Forces Command uye aibatanidzwa mukutungamira mauto ehurumende yeIraq panguva yekurwiswa kweNorthern Iraq muna 2014.. Pasi pehutungamiri hwake mauto akasarudzika eIraq, achitsigirwa nekurwiswa nendege, akadzosera kumashure kurwiswa kweISIS paSamarra, zvichitungamira mauto eISIS kuti adzokere kuguta munzira yavo yekuBaghdad. 