that direction, to raqqa in syria, in that direction. the caliphate self-declared capital. we've been seeing intense air strikes in the past hours or so. a lot of coalition aircraft in the skies above. while everyone understands that sinjar, the need to retake it is deeply symbolic because of the brutality inflicted on isis, the enslavement, the captivity of women and even children at times when that town was overrun by isis last year, it's also a deeply strategic town because it sits on that main highway. now, we can't disclose our exact location because of the rules the peshmerga put on us for going with them, but this is a main road here. and we have seen that the peshmerga are now on it, quite clearly. it seems able to hold that particular position. in the far west on this town, presumably an isis position has been heavily hit recently. consistent explosions along the