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Continued. and extremists gained the upper hand. >> when you have these ungoverned spaces, thats exactly where they like to set up. they can plan, organize, recruit, do training. thats what they need. >> in 2013, isis took over raqqah. a major city in syria. then they marched into iraq capturing vast swaths of territory. they had effectively created their own nation. an islamic state. over the last two years, isis has been badly squeezed. but the group could still strike any time in the middle e...

But the syrian civil war continued. and extremists gained the upper hand. >> when you have these ungoverned spaces, thats exactly where they like to set up. they can plan, organize, recruit, do training. thats what they need. >> in 2013, isis took over raqqah. a major city in syria. then they marched into iraq capturing vast swaths of territory. they had effectively created their own nation. an islamic state. over the last two years, isis has been badly squeezed. but the group could still strike...

Continued. and extremists gained the upper hand. >> when you have these ungoverned spaces, thats exactly where they like to set up. they can plan, organize, recruit, do training. thats what they need. >> in 2013, isis took over raqqah. a major city in syria. then they marched into iraq capturing vast swaths of territory. they had effectively created their own nation. an islamic state. over the last two years, isis has been badly squeezed. but the group could still strike any time in the middle e...

Weapons. the fact is, he got rid of his chemical weapons in an unprecedented way. >> the world will now expect the assad regime to live up to its public commitments. >> assads allies in the kremlin helped broker a deal that forced him to give up his chemical weapons stockpile. within a year, syrias declared materials were removed without a shot being fired. but the syrian civil war continued. and extremists gained the upper hand. >> when you have these ungoverned spaces, thats exactly where they...

Shot being fired. but the syrian civil war continued. >> an extremist gained the upper hand. >> when you have these ungoverned spaces, and thats where extremists like to go to plan. they can organize and recruit and do training. thats what they need. >> in 2013, isis took over raqqah. a major city of syria. then they marched into iraq. capturing vast swaths of territory. they had effectively created their own nation. an islamic state. >> over the last two years, isis has been badly squeezed. but...

Men killed were heavily involved in attacking western targets. >> so these targeted killings will continue, right? >> absolutely. this is the real core of what special operations is trying to do in that area. they are continuing to conduct drone flights. they pretty much have around-the-clock surveillance over raqqah. its a key area theyre looking at wolf. >> barbara starr with the latest at the pentagon. thanks very much. thats it for me, thanks very much for watching. ill be back 5:00 p.m. eas...

But the syrian civil war continued. and extremists gained the upper hand. >> when you have these ungoverned spaces, thats exactly where they like to set up. they can plan, organize, recruit, do training. thats what they need. >> in 2013, isis took over raqqah. a major city in syria. then they marched into iraq capturing vast swaths of territory. they had effectively created their own nation. an islamic state. over the last two years, isis has been badly squeezed. but the group could still strike...

Helped broker a deal that forced him to give up his chemical weapons stockpile. within a year, syrias declared materials were removed without a shot being fired. but the syrian civil war continued. and extremists gained the upper hand. >> when you have these ungoverned spaces, thats act andly where extremists like to go to set up. they can plan, organize, recruit, do training. thats what they need. >> in 2013, isis took over raqqah. a major city in syria. then they marched into iraq capturing va...

Isis militants captured a jordanian pilot. the plane was brought down during a coalition air raid over raqqah in eastern syria. new photos show the damaged plane. raqqah is one of the main targets for the u.s.-led coalition in syria and iraq. the capture is a major setback for the anti-ice ace lisis alli. bar ba starr, isis released photos of the pilot. >> very difficult. theyve released photos of obviously a terrified jordanian pilot encaptured by isis in raqqah. raqqah, of course, in syria, is...

Attacks over and over in rapid fire, three in the past three months, in britain. obviously demoralizing and weary to have the public to hear about it and god forbid, live through them. give us context. is the west winning? is isis losing ground? you know, it is hard to sometimes know when you see the horror that they are still able to perpetrate. >> yes, isis is losing a significant amount of ground in syria and iraq and libya and afghanistan. other places where they had main gains in previous y...