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Abandoned their positions and ran, but now government forces are launching counterattacks. john huddy is in our middle east bureau following the new offensive. john. >> elizabeth, yes, it shows that iraqi forces are possibly trying to fight back, launching a counteroffensive or at least trying to stop isis from moving any further towards baghdad about 70 miles to east of ramadi. to give you an idea take a look at this map about what's been going on. iraqi security forces regained control of the town of husaybah about 3 1/2 miles roughly east of ramadi. militants stormed the town yesterday but ...

Drive away. >> iraqi security officials say isis has seized control near the habbaniyah air force base where they're amassing and launched a counterattack to try to hold isis back. and prosecutors are saying daron wint did not act alone when killing a prominent washington family. they had point to the elaborate nature of the crime holding sarvvvas savopoulos, and his family. a florida pediatric dentist, facing abuse against his own kids as he's closed his practice now and given up his medical license. >> that's right. and just days before howard snyder closed his doors he spoke to our vict...

International correspondent arwa damon. how much concern is there where you are in the iraqi capital about the most recent isis gains? and do people where you are believe isis could actually make it into baghdad? >> >> that fear for them is very real wolf. people don't necessarily believe that isis is going to take over the capital the way it took over mosul. but as it does continue to get closer and as we do continue to see the iraqi security forces and the other fighting forces incapable of pushing isis back. the fear that the terrorist organization is going to begin wrecking havoc on the ca...

The presence of iraqi security forces there to try to hold onto what little ground they have in al anbar province while they wait for more reinforcements while they wait for these iranian-backed shia paramilitary units, popular mobilization units to appear in significant numbers. while they also wait for the iraqi government to start an effort to arm the sunni tribes. until that happens they will not be able to even begin to push isis back. and the provincial governor was also saying -- the deputy provincial governor was also saying that at this stage the government the central government is t...

It is not entirely bad news for the iraqi government. in march and april, they recap recaptured tikrit. on the majority of the shi'ite/muslim militias with close ties to iraq to do it. they are having to do that again in anbar province in ramadi now. that is seen as a setback for the iraqi prime minister who was brought in to power with the support of the u.s. he is now having to turn back to the iranian proxies to try to win back sunni populated parts of iraq. the sectarian divisions in the country are huge. issues that the u.s. wrestled with a decade ago and still being dealt with today. whe...