Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20190206:14:54:00
Of the islamic state off. however, the problem is, as we heard yet frsterday from the u. central commander is that there are anywhere between 20,000 and 30,000 isis fighters in syria alone. what is happening is that, yes, the islamic state is about to go extin extinct, but the idea behind it is still very much alive and well. it's simply morphed into an insurgency, which is what it was before the islamic state was declared in july of 2016. so we were speaking with one commander of the syrian democratic forces here. he says, yes, on the one hand this is the final battle against isis as a fighti...