 Nekubuda kweISIL uye kutora kwayo nzvimbo huru dzeIraq neSyria, kwakabuda matambudziko akati wandei akakonzera kutariswa kwenyika dzakawanda. ISIL yakanga yaita kuuraya kwemapoka uye mhosva dzehondo muIraq neSyria. Kubudirira kwakaitwa muHondo yeIraq kwakadzoserwa shure sezvo mauto eIraq akasiya nzvimbo dzawo. Maguta akatorwa neboka ramagandanga iro rakamanikidzira chiratidzo charo chomutemo weSharia. Kubiwa nokuchekwa misoro kwevatori venhau vakawanda vokuMadokero nevashandi vokuyamura kwakaunganidzawo fariro nehasha pakati pemasimba okuMadokero. US yakapindira ne airstrikes muIraq pamusoro penzvimbo dzeISIL dzaive nezvinhu muna Nyamavhuvhu, uye munaGunyana mubatanidzwa weUS nemasimba eMiddle East akatanga mushandirapamwe wekurwisa mabhomba muSyria wakanangana nekudzikisira nekuparadza nzvimbo dzeISIL neAl-Nusra. Pakazosvika Zvita 2017, ISIL yakanga isina nzvimbo yakasara muIraq, zvichitevera mushandirapamwe we2017 Western Iraq. Kurwisa kwemuchadenga neUS nemauto eCoalition kwakaenderera mberi muSyria kurwisa hurumende yaAssad kunyanya mushure mekurwiswa kwemakemikari kuDoumamuna 2018. 