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>> its important to keep in mind, george, that emwazi, born in kuwait and growing up in the uk is really -- even though hes played a very prominent media role with these gruesome beheadings of journalists and aid workers, hes not part of the leadership structure of isis, which is made up predominantly of iraqis, including iraqis with experience with saddam husseins security hierk i can. -- hierarchy. so in the grand picture, not necessarily a huge role. theres not going to be huge impact from hi...

In terms of the people who make their real decisions in isis, he really didnt play a large role. in terms of isis, you have to look at beyond him at the larger military campaign thats being conducted against isis. we seen that isis has not since may when they took the city of ramadi west of baghdad has not been able to gain major areas under its control and is slowly being pushed out. theyve lost tikrit. they are now under pressure inform sinjar from kurdish fighters supported by u.s. air power ...

Nation, has only increased people feeling like they dont belong. >> of just moments ago, the kurdish region security council said its forces entered the northern city from all sides. our senior international correspondent nick paton walsh joins us now live by phone from inside sinjar. nick, where you are on the front lines with those fighter, tell us what youre seeing and what youre hearing. >> about two hours ago, george, we saw columns of peshmerga moving inside the city. i cant give away the ...

Through this kind of danger if they thought they had any other choice. and the vast majority of these people are the refugees of the wars in syria and iraq and most of this boat load, afghanistan. these are people who cannot go home. earlier about an hour ago, we saw a boat load arriving, filled mostly with yazhidis from sinjar. thats the area the massive offensive is underly under way. one said if i thought i could go home, i would. but sinjar is close to mosul and i dont believe isis will be c...

Teenager they knew as mohammed emwazi has emerged as the man behind the mask. cnn, london. kurdish forces say peshmerga forces are now in sinjar iraq. just moments ago, the kurdish region security council said its forces entered the northern city from all sides. the kurds, backed by u.s.-led coalition air strikes are on day two of operation free sinjar to reclaim the key city from isis militants. they estimate there are about 600 isis fighters inside sinjar. its a big step towards disrupting t...

A lebanese national apparently shown here was taken into custody. cnn cannot independently confirm the videos authenticity. commander estimate 600 isis fighters are still inside sinjar. the terror group seized sinjar in august of last year. poem who knew jihadi john when he was younger were shocked to hear that he was the man in the isis videos. his path to terrorism appears to have started more than five years ago, with a trip to africa. authorities had him in their grip twice since then. jim...

Kurdish officials say pesh merger fighters will be inside iraq, inside the town of sinjar soon to clear explosives and seize it from isis control. they launched a new offensive late wednesday to retake the key city and to cut militants supply lines. russia is trying to awe thent cat an alleged isis video,er threatening attacking inside that country, quote, very soon. the five-minute video was released thursday. it shows russian cities with chants in russian, promising, that, quote, blood will sp...