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Are a hand ful of trained officers looking out over the isis front line. he is pointing out to us along the aria here that you can see the defensive ditches dug, and he says that they have come as close as that valley there, and they fire on us, and they eventually retreat, butt it is pretty much never ending. >> reporter: this vantage point was not in the too the distant past that isis held. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: just there he said that you can see what they did to the yazidis and their houses are completely destroyed and they slaughtered the families inside ooh. it shows...

Their right to exist. take a look at this, carol. >> reporter: the yazidi peshmerga fighters, volunteers, former soldiers and a handful of trained officers. looking out over the isis front line. all along here you can see the defensive ditches that have been dug. they come as close as that valley right there. they mortar, they fire on us, they eventually retreat, but it's pretty -- this vantage point itself was in the not too distant past isis held. just there he said you can see what they did to the yazidi, the houses are completely destroyed. they slaughtered all the families inside. it real...

>> reporter: the fighters, volunteers, former soldiers and a handful of trained officers looking out over the isis front line. he's pointing along here you can see the defensive ditches that have been dug so they come as close as that valley just there. they fire on us and eventually retreat, but it's pretty never e ending. >> this vantage point itself was in the not too distant path just there he says you can see what they did to the families. it really drives home how visceral this was. the deputy commander is 66. he's a retired soldier. one of the few here with fighting experience. this is ...

Right? so here is an american who is going to go to europe, you know, doesn't seem to be a concern and then they travel through several countries to get into syria. they get the fighting experience and travel back. they often use false documents, false names. so this is a real challenge and they got to work with our foreign allies, the intelligence services whether europe or more particularly arab country whose have a better sense of who what is going on in the ground inside syria. >> it's not like americans are taking flights back from syria after having fought in syria. it's coming back from...

It's hard to track these guys, right? here is an american who is going to go to europe, you know, that doesn't seem to be a concern. and then they travel through several countries to get into syria. they get the fighting experience, and they travel back. they often use false documents, false names. this is a real challenge for american intelligence and law enforcement officials. and they've got to work with our foreign allies, the intelligence services that's in europe, or more particularly the airp arab countries, who have a better sense of what is going on the ground in syria. >> it's not li...