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Into the center. the iraqi forces have been fighting for weeks to prevent this overrunning. were unable to hold back. now in a troubling moment where the government appealed to shia militia to come in and try to push isis back. reports that irans defense minister has flown into baghdad. perhaps to try to offer assistance iran can offer here. the issue is also how long advertised this potential issue has been because the fight has been going for a long period of time. there have not been adequate...

They used heavy machinery to push across blocks in the way. the t-walls that blocked access. pushed their way through. raised a flag over the headquarters there. the police headquarters and also a key mosque as well and intense clashes ongoing. reports now that u.s. jets, coalition warplanes have been brought in to try to hold them back along with iraqi government helicopters. as weve seen before, it is hard to push isis back when they are making these particular territorial moves. a real upset ...

>> and that is coming from a u.s. official based in d.c. and it is in stark contrast to what were hearing from people that are actually on the ground in ramadi. weve been talking to local officials, local commanders. throughout the night into today, isis was steadily advancing towards the city center launching an attack on the government complex that iraqi security forces were able to repel for the time being. then finally in the afternoon, those much-needed air strikes began targeting isis posi...

Very angry, very frustrated because he says he had been warning the iraqi government asking for additional support in the form of troops more boots on the ground to help the fighters already in the city get ready to try to push isis back. but also because he and others have been requesting for quite some time now additional iraqi air force air strikes and coalition air strikes on isis positions before they were even able to breach the city. entering this morning from the east in something of a s...

The streets down to the bone. we head to the front line where daily, isis hoped to advance. a kurdish female fighter, this units commander. the coalition air power did this pushing isis back. they abandoned their dead as they retreat. the decaying smell haunts these front lines. some call it kobanigrad, they are 20 meters from isis. they see something in the rubble.

At night. a prize so small but so valued that violence seems to swallow it hole, grinding its streets down to the bone. were heading to the frontline where nightly, daily, isis hope to advance with a kurdish female fighter also in their egal therien world, this units commander. coalition air power did this, pushing isis back. they abandoned their dead as they retreat. the delaying smell haunts the frontlines. some call it ckobani-grad, afte the city stalin sacrificed to make it a point. kurdish ...

A war zone. nick paton walsh and his crew braved the front lines in the beseeb besieged syrian town of kobani. >> reporter: from inside kobani the days ferocity gets nos rebite at night. a prize so small, but so valued, the violence seems to swallow it hole, grinding its streets down to the bone. were heading to the front line where nightly, daily, isis hoped to advance, with media, a kurdish female fighter, also in their egalitarian world, this units commander. coalition air power did this, pus...

Where is this going disgusting war where we kill each other? >> i dont see how the administration doesnt have a strategy that i can see right now that is going to. >> no tragedy? >> i cant -- i was in a briefing a couple weeks oago on it i looked and thought there is no strategy here. especially dealing with the syria side of this piece. on iraq side do you have effective finding force in the kurds. we need to give them more support because they have asked for more heavy equipment and we havent ...

Overlooking kobani,ing it devastating to see the damage and the coalition airstrikes and see first-hand the intensity of the fighting. from inside kobani, the days velocity gets no respite at night. the price so small and so valued that violence seems to swallow it whole. grinding the streets down to the bone. were head together front line where nightly and daily isis hope to advance with media a kurdish female fighter also in their world, this units commander. coalition air power did this, push...

Fighting raged in as forces try to hold off the isis siege there. i have to warn you, you may find some images disturbing. >> from inside kobani, the days ferocity gets no respite at night. a prize so small but so valued that violence seems to swallow it whole, grinding its streets down to the bone. >> were headed to the frontline where nightly, daily, isis hopes to advance. a kurdish female fighter is this units commander. coalition air power did this, pushing isis back. they abandoned their de...