 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Somugumisiro wehondo, Iraq yakaita sarudzo dzayo dzemapato akawanda muna 2005, uye Nouri al-Maliki akazova mutungamiri wehurumende gore rakatevera. Hurumende yaMaliki yakatanga mitemo yaionekwa nevakawanda kuti yaiita kuti vechidiki vechiSunni venyika vasawirirana, izvo zvakawedzera kusawirirana kwemasangano. Muna 2014, ISIS yakatanga kurwisa zvechiuto kuchamhembe kweIraquye gare gare akazivisa caliphate yechiIslam yenyika yose, achigumisira kumwezve kupindura kwechiuto kubva kuUnited States nevatsigiri vayo. Hondo yeIraq yakakonzera mazana ezviuru zvavanhuwo zvavo uye varwi vakafa ona fungidziro. Ruzhinji rwekurasikirwa rwakaitika semhedzisiro yekumukira uye kurwisana kwevanhu pakati pa2004 na2007. 