Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20161208:02:44:00
Continued and extremists gained the upper hand. >> when you have these ungoverned spaces, that's ex athly where shiites like to go to set up. they can plan, organize, recruit, do training have the that's what they need. >> in 2013, isis took over iraq, a major city in syria, and then they marched into iraq capturing vast swaths of territory. they had effectively created their own nation, an islamic state. over the last two years, isis has been badly squeezed. but the group could still strike any time in the middle east, europe or america. and syria is still in chaos. >> this country and this r...