<p>Iraqi forces, including tank divisions and Popular Mobilization Units, the Shiite militias affiliated with the Iraqi military, deployed near Al-Qaim in Anbar province, Iraq on November 1.</p><p>One officer says at 15:00 in the video that Iraqi forces sought to pin down Islamic State fighters and prevent them from crossing the Syrian border.</p><p>The Iraqi government launched</a> an offensive against the Islamic State in Al-Qaim on October 26.</p><p>At the same time, Syrian government forces and their allies and US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces are fighting Islamic State forces in Deir Ezzor, Syria, located 160 kilometers northwest of Al-Qaim. Credit: Facebook/Team War Media via Storyful</p><br />
