said the clearing operations are still ongoing. they are still trying to comb through the city and root out any isis fightsers that the coalition estimates to be at about 100 there. they are expected to be hiding out in the rubble, in the burned-out buildings then they will take over raqqa and going through you buildings, roads, alleyways for improvised explosive devices. they are celebrating in one of the main squares. this is where we saw some of the worst isis atrocities unfolding. the public beheadings, the crucifixions and the sheer scale of the destruction. trying to even restore a false sense of normalcy is most something that lies well ahead in the future. and the population languishing in refugee camps. while this is a blow to isis
iraq/syria border with more reporter: good morning, christine and dave. well, a spokesperson for the syrian democratic forces, the fighting force on the ground backed by the u.s.-led coalition said the clearing operations are still ongoing. they are still trying to comb through the city and root out any isis fighters that the coalition estimates to be at about 100 there. they are expected to be hiding out in the rubble, in the burned-out buildings then they will take over raqqa and going through you buildings, roads, alleyways for improvised explosive devices isis may have left behind in buildings, roads, or alleyways. we did see exclusive drone footage of the sdf already celebrating, especially in one of the main squares. this is where we saw some on of
forces driving isis terrorists out of their self-declared capital of raqqa, syria. syrian democrat you can forces still working out are he maining threats. how does this change the battle as isis loses physical territory and moves underground? arwa damon is near the iraq/syria border reporter: good morning, christine and dave. a spokesperson for the fighting force on the ground backed by the u.s.-led coalition said the clearing operations are still ongoing. they are still trying to comb through the city and root out any potential remnants of isis fighters that the coalition estimates to be at around 100 there. they are suspected to be hiding out in the rubble of the burned-out buildings. then they will take the monumental task of clearing out any improvised explosive devices isis may have left behind in buildings, roads or alleyways. we did see exclusive drone footage of the sdf already
self-declared caliphate. the pentagon said maybe 100 fighters are hiding around in the ruins and a devastated city. they are being hunted down slowly and clearing operations. the predominantly kurdish forces. why is it a landmark moment? they declared major military operations. there have not been air strikes in support of the operations. in the key areas or the hospital used to be where isis planned attacks against the west. that planned out of isis. it s looking for small cells, but this is really the last major population center in both iraq and syria that isis had a claim to. that s over and so really is the idea of the caliphate as a territorial instinct. they go online into being a vire us that inspired deed people. is this the end of isis?
military says it s moving tanks and bulldozers towards its border with iraq. but they won t say why. cnn correspondent michael holmes live inn erbil, iraq, with more hi, michael. yeah, hi, carol, yeah, that last maintain if you like before the city limits of mosul, iraqi troops, the counterterrorism forces, have been besieging that town all day. they say they now have taken control of it. they re going through and clearing the resistance. they re having a bit of a tough time. there was a lot of sniper fire. twa it was not easy to take. they re now sealing it off and doing clearing operations. the next stop is mosul, the outer eastern portion of mosul, which is then going to be open to iraqi troops.