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Appeared they were trying to push back this counter attack. in fact, we saw two armored vehicles that appeared to belong to american special forces who were also going towards the front. we ve seen also lots of air strikes in the area as well. but what isis was doing was taking advantage of the very heavy mist in the morning to try to retake ground they ve lost in the last few days. and as we ve seen being at the front for several days, speaking to the fighters, they expect this may be a longer battle than some of the commanders were saying. they were saying perhaps today, perhaps tomorrow the town would be retaken. but clearly this is going to be a much harder fight. the final battle began just ....
On isis. when the isis state is replaced by the isis insurgency an arab fighter tells me, it will pea tougher still. this war is easy, he says. we re fighting on a front. it will become different when it becomes guerilla warfare. victory of sorts is at hand. peace in this tortured land still elusive. and of course one of the problems as this offensive moves ahead, rosemary, is that there are still many civilians trapped inside. some of them apparently held as human shields by isis. what we ve seen when we were closer to the front, we were able to see before the battle began, a lot of movement inside their basically camps of displaced people on the edges of the town. and we are hearing that as many ....
Began, tribal fighters danced, the useful morales raising exercise perhaps before the coming battle. the bombing of the town continued throughout the night. intensifying at first light. the battle to take the last enclave of isis in syria is now onto its second day. syrian democratic forces have made good progress within the town, but they are encountering some resistance from the isis fighters. this despite the constant heavy coalition air strikes on the town. but as the day wore on, the going got tougher and the air strikes increased. it s a hit, he says. isis has dug a network of tunnels and trenches. its fighters some of its most experienced and battle hardened. this battle will not end the war ....
Newsroom. i m rosemary church want to check the headlines for you this hour. a battle to save the last isis enclave in syria is raging. u.s. backed fighters began the operation to take it back on saturday. cnn s ben wedemen is on the ground reporting exclusively from the scene of the battle. he said isis launched a counter attack earlier using fog as cover. there s a growing fear in washington that there could be another federal government shutdown. that s because progress has reportedly stalled in border security talks between lawmakers and the president. mr. trump tweeted the democrats are behaving irrationally. add another name to the lest of u.s. democratic presidential hopefuls. senator amy klobuchar of minnesota. and that s where she announced her run in the middle of a snowstorm. she told supporters working class groups can help win back ....
After sunset with coalition air strikes poupding the last dot on the map held by the state. the town in eastern syria. but there was no calm before the storm. as gunners with the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces rained heavy machine gunfire down onto isis targets. while civilians who had stuck it out in the town made their way to safer ground. mortar round exploded near this 14-year-old days ago, his wounds still fresh. his brother says they couldn t afford to pay the isis fighters $1,000 a piece to leave, and thus had to sneak out under cover of darkness. an hour before the final push ....