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Warfare. it is complicated by that reality of these narrow avenues in which the fighting is continuing, and isis proving -- helped, we're hearing, by the weather preventing a lot of that ongoing air cover, the intense air strikes which have been so crucial in this fight. not just for ramadi but other areas in iraq. the weather hampering the ongoing cover. and seeing isis trying to push the advantage. >> as these efforts continue to rescue people from the militants' control, we're hearing some harrowing stories about what they experienced, what they saw and how they managed to survive it all. w...

This attack hit a restaurant that's popular with french ex-pats. the taliban have claimed responsibility saying the restaurant was owned by "the invaders." one suspect was arrested. the attack comes as afghanistan tries to jump-start peace talks. in iraq, government forces say they're working to free roughly 1,000 families trapped in eastern ramadi and to seek the remaining militants there. the iraqi government says it drove isis out of the heart of ramadi on monday. ramadi fell to the terror group in may, and iraqi forces have been fighting to reclaim the key city for more than a week now. ...

Isis still holding out in the outskirts of the city, reportedly staging the attack on a nearby base. what more can you tell us about the situation? >> reporter: this is characterized as ongoing, they say the areas in which isis has a presence that's intensifying. yesterday evening, a complex attack on the outskirts of ramadi, hitting the 10th division headquarters. multiple suicide car bombs. they were pushed back with what iraqi government officials are saying was limited exposure. it is this reality that isis are still fighting in a city that the iraqi government has liberated. it gives a se...

Know, it's fine. you can go out. just be a little bit more cautious. keep alert. >> and ian, officials even pointing out that the weather you're talking about, the cold temperatures, may -- could have -- fact that people stayed away, that there weren't as many people out, the situation could have been worse. ian lee live in jerusalem. thank you so much for your reporting there. we move to iraq and the fight for ramadi. government forces there, they say they are working to free roughly 1,000 people trapped in the eastern part of the city. we're also trying to find -- also i should say finding...

Word for it. >> you talked about the situation in that tent city. a situation with mostly women and children. as you explained many of the men questioned. what is the sense that you got from people now that they've been rescued from the militants' control? the sense of them reclaiming control of their own lives? >> this is the way this which ramadi is set up as a blueprint for what could happen in these other territories that they're hoping to retain from isis, whether it's mosul or fallujah, using the so-called sunni tribe to hold the territory. and therefore, giving a lot of families a sense...