 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna Chivabvu 2015, Ajnad al-Kavkaz akataura zviri pamutemo kuti yakanga isiri chikamu kana kubatana neCaucasus Emirate kana chero rimwe sangano remagandanga, pachinzvimbo chekungobatana nemapoka mazhinji evapanduki veSyria. Mukati me2015 16 Latakia kurwisa, boka racho rakati rakadzivirira gomo pamusoro pekurwiswa nemauto eRussia epasi. Mukupera kwaJune 2016, Ajnad al-Kavkaz akashora zvakasimba kurwiswa kweISIL kurwisaIstanbul Atatürk Airport, ichisimbisazve chimiro chayo chokuti kunanga vanhuwo zvavo vasina zvombo kunopesana nemitemo yavo. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, boka racho rakabatanidzwa mune kumwe kudenha kwevapanduki muLatakia, uko mumwe wevakuru varo vemauto anonzi akaurayiwa. Apo hurumende yakapindura kurwisa kupfurikidza nokutanga kurwisa kwakasimba, Ajnad al-Kavkaz akabatanidzwa mukurwisana kwoutsinye nokuda kwezvikomo mumusha weAyn Issa. 