Pambuyo pa nkhani yochititsa mantha ya Antonio Pampliega yofotokozedwa m'buku lake Mumdima, ndi masiku ake 300 ali mu ukapolo ku Syria, tsopano ndikubwera ku bukuli ndi mtolankhani wina Mikel Ayestarán, wodziwika bwino ku Middle East komanso woyang'anira kutisamutsa nthawi zambiri zovuta zandale zadziko monga Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Palestine kapena Lebanon.
Pamwambowu wolemba amatifikitsa pafupi ndi zochitika zina zosafunikira pazomwe zikuchitika pakadali pano pazandale, mafuko ndi zipembedzo, osazindikira nthawi zambiri chifukwa chachikulu.
Pakuphatikiza kwamavuto, kudzutsidwa kwa gulu la Islamic State, lokhazikika komanso lofuna mgwirizano wamagulu, chikhalidwe ndi ndale pakati pa mayiko onse achisilamu, lakulitsa mavuto kuyambira pomwe lidasokonekera mu 2014, kukhazikitsidwa kwa wamkulu caliphate yomwe idakhazikitsidwa ku Mosul ndipo pomwe bungwe limayesetsa kudzikhazikitsa lokha pomaliza nkhondo.
Pakati pa 2014 ndi 2017, pomwe asitikali aku Iraq adatha kulanda mzindawu, Mikel Ayestarán anali likulu la dzikolo, Baghdad. Ndipo kuchokera kumeneko adatha kuwona kaye mayendedwe azandale komanso zandale, malingaliro a nzika zadzikolo.
Zomwe zingawoneke ngati chisangalalo pakati pa anthu omasulidwa zidali chabe kungoyerekeza pakati pa chiwonongeko, kusiyidwa, imfa ndi ukapolo. Khaliphate wodziyitanitsa wa Islamic State anali atagwa, koma kumasulidwa sikuwoneka ngati yankho kwa aliyense.
Pankhondo iliyonse, anthu wamba ndiye omwe amawonetsa kugonjetsedwa, zivute zitani. Chifukwa kuwonjezera apo, kupitilira kugonjetsedwa kwa mzinda wa Mosul, madera ena ambiri anali akulamuliridwabe ndi ISIS, pomwe mkanganowu umangokhalira kulimbitsa pakati pa oyang'anira ndi zigawenga omwe, komano, amadziwa momwe angakope atsopano ena ofanana ndi wina aliyense.
Mukutha tsopano kugula buku la The Ashes of the Caliphate, lipoti labwino kwambiri lazowona ku Middle East lolembedwa ndi Mikel Ayestaran, apa: