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Typically they're on the front lines. whether you call these advisers or trainers. so the u.s. is raising its commitment now that the battle of aleppo seems to be finished to focus on raqqa in syria. >> we've been continuing to monitor these pictures coming to you. looking to find some sort of a pause in the fighting, what more can you tell us about these meetings taking place in france and also switzerland? >> yeah. george, it feels like they've been having meeting after meeting with no results, no conclusion. they've been talking about the cease-fire for the longest time. b but there finally...

Training, equipping and otherwise enabling capable, motivated local forces to take the fight to isil. >> for more about the fight across syria, let's bring in cnn correspondent mohammed lila. it's good to have you. let's talk about what we just heard there. ash carter talking about sendinging in more u.s. troops, the focus on raqqa, syria. >> that's right, george. it's interesting to see that just as the battle of aleppo is winding down, they're now shifting focus to talk about raqqa and defeating isis in raqqa. for perspective here, raqqa is to syria what mosul is to iraq. raqqa is basically ...