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small number of special operations forces, but they will be backed up in a significant manner. they will have their own helicopters, their own rescue forces, if they run into trouble. so at the end of the day, this could put another 200 troops into the arena, even as an additional 50 special operations forces are scheduled to arrive in northern syria. ness a plus up in the u.s. effort. but officials are telling us, it could still be weeks before the troops arrive. a lot of work to be done about what units will go and exactly how they will operate. allison, christine. >> thanks for that. there is concern this morning about a new united nations report. warning that isis has zooed succeeded in building a substantial presence in libya. the eun report says isis has as many as 3,000 fighters, describing it as the terror group's stalled caliphate outside syria and iraq. they have increased worries to
allison, christine. >> there is concern this morning about a new united nations report warning that isis has succeeded if building a substantial presence in libya. the eun report says isis has as many as 3 nouchlt,000 fighte,00 syria and iraq t. report likely to increase worries about isis' ability to export terror from its pace of operations in the coastal city of sirte a few hundred miles from the southern most islands of europe. for the latest, let's bring in cnn iian lee. this foothold that isis has gained in libya. >> reporter: that's right, allison, very disturbing. they have been able to kafb out this area roughly 100 miles along the coast that the leader of isis, abu bakr al baghdadi is