neighbor. iran iran is the one that they say is providing them with the advisers on the ground on these front lines. when he did see that we weren t allowed to speak to iranian advisers. iran is providing them quickly with the weaponry that they need. so it s a very complicated situation right now. there are these multiple front lines that are emerging but it seems that the strategy at this stage is to block off isil with supply routes retake territory and with anbar to prepare for the advance into ramadi. and to do that arwa without stoking any big sectarian divide at the same time? reporter: exactly. and that s going to be really be key in all of this. because at the tip of this sphere you do have this iranian-backed shia paramilitary units and, yes in some areas, the sunni prescribetribes are involved but they don t have the weapon that they need.