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To undertake their attacks. >> reporter: officials have told cnn there was credible and specific intelligence that isis would try to attack aviation assets and a hint from a top u.s. commander about why the accelerated effort on the ground in syria against the group. >> theres an imperative to get isolation in place around raqqah. because our intelligence feeds tell us that there is a significant external operation attacks planning. >> reporter: al qaedas affiliate yemen has for years been activ...

Raqqah. because our intelligence feeds tell us that there is a significant exalternatival operation attacks planning. >> reporter: al qaedas affiliate yemen has for years been active trying to target commercial airliners destined to the u.s., looking for ways for bombs that contain little or no metal content including hiding explosives in the batteries of electronic devices like laptops. and in 2016 a wake up call. when a laptop bomb according to somalia authorities was used to blow a hole in th...

Aware of indicates terrorist groups continue to target commercial aviation and are aggressive in pursuing innovative methods to undertake their attacks to include smuggling an explosive device in various consumer objects. >> reporter: officials have told cnn there was credible and specific intelligence that isis would try to attack aviation assets and a hint from a top u.s. commander about why the accelerated effort on the ground in syria against the group. >> theres an imperative to get isolati...

>> reporter: officials have told cnn there was credible and specific intelligence that isis would try to attack aviation asse assets. >> theres an imperative to get isolation in place around raqqah. because our intelligence feeds tell us that there is a significant external operations attacks planning. >> reporter: al qaedas official in yemen, aqap has been trying to carpet airliners destined for the u.s. hiding explosives in the batteries of electronic guys like laptops is one means. in februar...