Iraqi security forces try to retake Anbar province from IS Baghdad has announced its next battle against the Islamic State group is retaking Anbar province, but analysts say entrenched jihadists and limited Iraqi forces put a full reconquest out of reach for now. On the ground, Iraqi security forces and Popular Mobilisation units, an umbrella group under which many Shiite militias have been fighting jihadists alongside government forces, are trying to gain momentum. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES