. >> al jazeera's ross matheson has more on the government efforts to regain control. in anbar province, the heartland of a sunni minority signs of a government ruling grip. this is where security forces are battling. thousands of fighters have taken over buildings, seized weapons and freed prisoners, a violent response to the government's crushing of a protest movement this week. to regain control military jets took to the skies. the defence ministry released these pictures of air strikes targetting fighter positions. not just in ramadi, but fallujah. the group behind it is called thest lambic state of iraq. it's capitalizing on sunnis, and is a faction fighting in syria. >> i think the ultimate objective is to be able to carve out an amount of territory in western iraq and eastern syria that might be contiguous and provide them with a physical territorial base. iraq's deep-rooted sectarianism has resurfaced in the past year. the sunni population accused the shiite government of neglecting their interest. the prime minister nouri al-maliki wants to resolve the standof