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This war that's been going on between the houthis and the saudi led coalition. now, the coalition has come out with a statement saying that they're describing this attack as a terrorist attack, but interestingly, even though the houthis claimed responsibility, the coalition statement says they're still investigating who might have been behind it. fred? >> ben wedeman, thank you so much. joining me to discuss, cnn intelligence and security analyst and former cia operative, bob baer. bob, good to see you. these attacks and yemeni houthis, who in your view is supplying them with these at least te...
>> reporter: we don't know the scope of the progress elsewhere around the city, but the fact, according to this coalition statement, they seemed to manage to get past the fences of the city easily. according to the coalition. blowing through substantial holes in the about six-mile perimeter wall around the old city, therefore enabling them to bypass the boobytraps isis put in place that could save them a lot of time and potentially marks a significant moment of progress. they seem to be moving quickly around raqqa. a lot of coalition ground and air support speeding them on and face potentially...
Raqqah has been under isis control for more than three years now, using the old city wall as a fighting position. cnn's senior international correspondent nick paton walsh joining me live in erbil with the latest. >> reporter: it is a key moment according to the coalition statement, got through the outer old city walls swiftly. they appear to have broached two substantial holes in the wall and that enabled the syrian, kurdish and arab forces surrounding ground and air support to get in and around that old city a lot faster,xpassing a lot of booby traps and defensive positions laid out by isis ...