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2006-2008. i lost friends there. and to me, this is a continuation of that fight. >> u.s. backed forces are not the only fighters advancing. so, too, is the pro-saudi military. and while syrian troops and the spf both want to defeat isis, neither want the other to control raqqa when it falls. it will likely also opposed the asaad regime and kurdish efforts to take control once isis is driven out of raqqa. >> they are also keenly watching the battle for raqqa. turkey wants isis defeated there but they also view the assad regime and the kurds as enemies and there are concerns that the kurds will...

2006-2008. i lost friends there. and to me, this is a continuation of that fight. >> u.s. backed forces are not the only fighters advancing. so, too, is the pro-saudi military. and while syrian troops and the spf both want to defeat isis, neither want the other to control raqqa when it falls. it will likely also opposed the asaad regime and kurdish efforts to take control once isis is driven out of raqqa. >> they are also keenly watching the battle for raqqa. turkey wants isis defeated there but they also view the assad regime and the kurds as enemies and there are concerns that the kurds will...

Hundreds of civilians. in a sign of desperation, more civilians are being targeted in the tire group has reverted to insurgent tactics, sending women to blow themselves up. i >> most of the people who blew themselves up today were women, seven of them. some exploded themselves near fleeing families. >> the battle is not yet done and plumes of smoke billowing over the riverside districts, amid artillery blasts and bursts of gunfire. there is committed to be only a few hundred isis fighters left but tens of thousands of civilians are being used as human shields. >> translator: the problem is the...

>> james: mark schwartz, who handles legislative affairs, spoke with john roberts sitting in for chris wallace on on "fox news sunday" about whether the tweets are instructing the president's agenda. >> does he make your job more difficult with what he does? >> i don't recall during the campaign members of congress being excited about the tweets and he won. he knows he needs to get around the mainstream media to get a story out and part of that story is what we have accomplished. >> james: traffic lane, how much forethought should we ascribe to the president? is there a strategy? >> i don't th...

Firing mortar shells and rockets. they don't have forces. the battle for mosul any indication, the battle for raqqa may take weeks if not longer. much of the fighting is close quarters, street to street, building to building, house to house. retaking raqqa would be a crushing blow to isis and a major victory for the u.s.-led coalition. as the battle for raqqa rages on, so does violence in other parts of syria. 20 people killed, dozens wounded sunday when a suicide bomber attacked square in damascus. the violence comes as another round of cease-fire talks begin tomorrow. the syrian military ann...