 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 2014 na2015, zvichitevera kusimuka kweIslam State yeIraq neLevant, nzvimbo dzinoverengeka muSyria dzakaparadzwa neboka sechikamu chekuparadza nemaune nzvimbo dzenhaka yetsika. MuPalmyra, boka racho rakaparadza zvifananidzo zvakawanda zvekare, Temberi dzaBhaalsamin naBel, makuva akawanda kusanganisira Shongwe yeElahbel, uye chikamu cheMonumental Arch. Nhare yePalmyra yomuzana remakore rechi13 yakakuvadzwa zvikuru nemagandanga akanga achidzokera shure panguva yokurwiswa kwePalmyramuna March 2016. ISIL yakaparadzawo zvifananidzo zvekare muRaqqa, uye machechi akati wandei, kusanganisira Armenian Genocide Memorial Church muDeir ez-Zor. 