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As isis loses ground in iraq and syria, its beginning a foothold in southeast asia, as ivan watson shows us, the siege has come at a very high human cost. >> reporter: isis fighters battling street to street, not in the middle east but for the very first time in southeast asia. on may 23rd, these extremists launched a sudden lightning assault on the city of marawi in the philippine. they captured the city and government weapons. burned a church, and murdered prisoners. for a month, the philippin...

Place that could have resulted in a much different outcome. cnn pentagon correspondent, barbara starr is working the story for us. barbara, what are you finding out? >> well, wolf, what if it all started to go wrong? a u.s. official tells us quote no firepower option was off the table to help the s.e.a.l.s get out of there. as president obama tensely monitored the navy s.e.a.l.s lightning assault on osama bin ladens compound, there was another secret plan in place. what to do if it all started t...

The jihadi move want has established a foothold in southeast asia. isis capturing the city of warwame in lightning assault over the past month. civilians fleeing by the hundreds of thousands. ivan watson following developments live from hong kong. you travelled close to the conflict zone. can you give us a sense of what is happening there? >> reporter: this has been an incredible military and in some respects political accomplishment for isis in the philippines. not a group that a lot of people ...