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Prove it can beat back isis without significant assistance from the u.s. it's important to note msnbc did not shoot this video and does not know the circumstances surrounding or leading up to the events depicted. i'm joined by msnbc's cal perry, senior editor for digital and video content that will take us through this little bit. thanks for making the time. the first video you will show us is a major fire fight, the iraqi tribal fighter filmed last tuesday? >> exactly. believe this is last tuesday. this road runs east to west just east of the city of ramadi. iraqi state tv making that announc...

To leave in the next 24 to 48 hours. >> great point on the supply routes. this next video, it shows anti-isis fighters retaking a school house in a neighborhood that isis has owned for the last six months. what is the significance here? >> we are used to seeing that black flag of isis flying over these neighborhoods, flying over some of the more focal points in these neighborhoods. this is a neighborhood in ramadi in the southern part of the city, and you will see here in just a moment, this is the iraqi army backed as you said by some tribal fighters. they are working their way through this s...

Fled from ramadi basically handing it over to isis. with the u.s. assistance a campaign is in the works to reverse that humiliating defeat. the stakes couldn't be higher. barbara starr has new information. what are you learning? >> this is one of the most critical developments in the u.s. war against isis a development that may be coming very soon. >> cnn has learned racki troops mae soon begin combat operations to retake ramadi from isis control, a town they lost to isis in may when they abandoned their post in the face of an isis offensive. a u.s. officials tells cnn that the u.s. has been h...

>> reporter: just weeks ago, the defense secretary fewer injures when iraqis ran from ramadi the second largest city in the ice sis stronghold. >> what apparently happened was that the iraqi forces showed no will to fight. >> the join chiefs chairman lading on you new details. >> the ramadi campaign which about a month ago was about to be executed precipitously has actually been with our help is now a very deliberate campaign first to isolate it then to go back and rekar further it. >> iraqi forces would begin by moving west towards ramada from the air base. already shia militia units are on t...

Fighters inside ramadi. it's a huge challenge to get them out and hold on to the city. >> it's tough to even go in and clear houses clear rooms, because as soon as you open a door you're going to find an explosive device. >> the bald is changing in syria as well. in the region growing concern the regime is on the verge of collapse the joint chiefs chairman strugglinging to predict what the day after would look like. >> i won't tell you i have the answer to that but i will tell you we are in consultations, even as i sit here with the turks, the israelis and jordanians about that scenario. >> th...