 Pakati pemhosva dzekushanda pamwe kweTurkey neIslamic State, kuratidzira kweKobanî kwa2014 kwakatanga padyo neguta reSyria reKobanî, mukupokana nehurumende inofungidzirwa kuti inobatsira Islamic State yeIraq neLevant panguva yekukombwa kweKobanî. Varatidziri 42 vakaurawa mukati mokudzvinyirira kwechipurisa kwoutsinye. Vachitaura kuti rubatsiro kuvanhu vechiKurdish-vazhinji vePeoples Protection Units YPG varwi muSyria vaizobatsira Kurdistan Workers Party PKK ipapo pakamira kurwisa muTurkey, Erdoğan akaita nhaurirano mbiri naBarack Obama pamusoro peIS panguva ye5 6 September 2014 NATO musangano muNewport, Wales. Mukutanga kwaOctober, Mutevedzeri weMutungamiri weUnited States Joe Biden akashoropodza hurumende yeTurkey nokuda kwekugovera jihadists muSyria uye akati Erdoğan akanga aratidza kuzvidemba kwaari pamusoro pekubvumira ma jihadists ekunze kuti apfuure neTurkey achienda kuSyria. Erdoğan akatsamwa akapindura, Biden anofanira kukumbira ruregerero pane zvaakataura achiwedzera kuti kana pasina kukumbira ruregerero, Biden aizova nhoroondo kwandiri. Biden akazokumbira ruregerero. Mukupindura chikumbiro cheU.S. chekushandisa İncirlik Air Base kuitisa kurwiswa kwemhepo kurwisa IS, Erdoğan akakumbira kuti Bashar al-Assad abviswe kubva pachigaro chekutanga. Turkey yakarasikirwa nechigaro chayo cheSecurity Council muUnited Nations panguva yesarudzo dza2014; mhedzisiro isingatarisirwi inofungidzirwa kuti yaive mhinduro yekubata kwaErdoğan nehutsinye kwevaKurd vanorwisa ISIS pamuganhu weSyria uye kutsiura kuda kwake kutsigira vapanduki veIS-vakabatana vanopesana nemutungamiri weSyria Bashar al-Assad. 