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Sophisticated both in their makeup and in weaponry than the serial rebels were so this is going to be a different battle to what we saw in syria, but i think you can expect from general alexander vornikov to see some of these very brutal tactics, particularly if it becomes clear that russia is not getting the victory that it so desperately covets at this stage in an expedient manner. the minute their backs are up against a wall, you can expect to see them resort to the kind of truly horrendous a...

To live through this time. to do it alone is torture. its so nice to see real people, she says. probably, its going to get worse. a prediction all but certain to come true, as a second russian offensive draws near. >> and clarissa ward joins us now along with kaitlan collins and ben weiderman, first of all, the constant shelling, like a nonstop thunderstorm but let me ask about lydia who says i cant even die here because theres no one to bury me. do you know if she was able to be evacuated? do y...

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Perhaps, that divine intervention will allow them to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. all indications are that the battle will not be over today or tomorrow as president trump said one commander told us maybe it will be done in four or five days. in the evening, sdf troops proper pair weapons for battle. pounding carries on around the clock. there is no rest for the last hold outs. midnight and the earth shakes. night into day, the onslaught continues. isis lived by the bullet and the bom...

Now, as a result of course the turkish government very unhappy has recalled its ambassador to the vatican and in the meantime it has summoned the ambassador to turkey to express its unhappiness with the statement from the pope. the turkish foreign minister tweeting that the popes statements are out of touch with both historical facts and legal basis. alisyn. >> ben weiderman live from rome thank you. there are growing calls this morning for a second officer who arrived on scene after officer mic...

Cnn international correspondent ben weiderman joins us live from rome with the latest. ben. >> reporter: yes, alisyn. what the pope says during this special mass marking the 100th anniversary of the massacre of the armenians in world war ii was this was the first genocide of the 20th century. these were words he was quoting from pope john paul ii who said those words back in september 2001. but for the turks, it is a very sensitive subject. they insist the death of as many as 1.5 ethnic armenian...

Political war between russia and the u.s. on the issue. we have people in both key cities. ben weiderman in rome, phil glassco in rome. phil, talk to us about how unusual this is and what we believe the motivations are. >> reporter: very unusual. chris, certainly a meeting of two different personallies the self style russian strong man and famously humble catholic pope. at the moment they have a lot more in common, especially on syria, where the vatican has publicly backed russias position in th...