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.

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.

The Iraqi government launched an offensive against the Islamic State in Al-Qaim on October 26.

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