Capital Raqqa News Today

Heres cnns nick paten walsh. >> reporter: the final target on isis, their capital raqqa. held hostage in terror, the closest we get to it is in space and these exclusive satellite pictures. here two checkpoints in the street and nearby an isis flag. precision strikes cutting its people further off from the world. >> translator: life is not life. life is death. we are besieged. we cant leave or walk around. anyone who breathes is slaughtered. >> reporter: she escaped a day earlier and describes f...

Up and saying, listen, isis does not represent. isis is not welcome here any more. so, our partnership with the iraqi army, they have taken up isis in ramadi and focus in mosul. the capital of iraq is mosul and were going to take them out. after that, were taking out their capital raqqa and syria. we cant let isis do harm to our partners. >> final question, sir. were separated by thousands of miles, but what do you want the rest of us to know about what you all are doing back here at home? >> we...

And has begun carrying out airstrikes. 26 fighters onboard are engaged in the fight. this triples frenchs ability to strike at isis targets and the french dont have to depend on the u.s. for refueling. the french aircraft care yell will augment u.s. efforts in the air campaign until the uss harry truman arrives. reports today from understand syriam suggest kurdish fights are 20 miles from the capital raqqa. the russians are writing on their missiles, "for paris." >> thank you. people in mali are...