An ISIS attack on military barracks east of Fallujah ( approximately 70 km west of the capital , Baghdad ) has reportedly killed several soldiers and Shia militiamen who were supporting their operations . The attack appears to have come in retaliation for the operation that is under way to retake territory from the Islamist extremist militants . Commenting on the situation , Matthew Glanville , former adviser to the governor of Anbar province , argued that the government had been too confident about the Fallujah operation . He said : “ While Fallujah itself has been isolated , the wider ISIL movement still has the capacity to push back . The time the Iraqi government has spent putting together this operation has given ISIL even more time to dig in . ”
An ISIS attack on military barracks east of Fallujah (approximately 70km west of the capital, Baghdad) has reportedly killed 50 soldiers and Shia militiamen who were supporting their operations. The attack appears to have come in retaliation for the operation that is under way to retake Fallujah from the Islamist extremist group. Commenting on the situation, Matthew Glanville, former adviser to the governor of Anbar province, argued that the government had been too confident about the Fallujah operation. He said: “While Fallujah itself has been isolated, the wider ISIL movement still has the capacity to fight back. The time the Iraqi government has spent putting together this offensive has given ISIL even more time to dig in.”