Afterwards, the Iraqi Army began conducting an offensive against the Anbar region, the stronghold of ISIS, with the stated goal of bringing the region under government control while heavy shelling on Fallujah weakened the ISIS forces there.
The Iraqi Army began conducting an offensive against the Anbar region with the stated goal of bringing the region under government control. This was afterwards. Heavy shelling on Fallujah weakened the ISIS forces there. The stronghold of ISIS was the Anbar region.