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The 48 hours leading up to when this mission was launched. the green light was given. american helicopters took off with kurdish forces inside. they landed near to the prison complex. kurdish forces went in first. they got into a fire fight. then master sergeant wheeler and according to secretary carter in that bite you just played one other special operations commando played a decisive role in turning the tide of that battle. other commandos, american delta force, went into the house and they successfully killed about 15 isis guards, took another 5 or so isis guards captive and freed 70 hosta...

And that's -- i can say that directly. >> reporter: when the fight was over, the americans and kurds loaded the freed hostages, 75 of them according to u.s. officials, and at least 5 captured isis guards, on the helicopters, and left. and today, secretary of state john kerry is scheduled to meet with russia's foreign minister to discuss the syrian conflict. the meeting comes as the obama administration debates setting up no-fly zones over parts of syria as a way to protect civilians. now according to "the new york times." there have been seven airstrikes on syrian hospitals and medical facil...

At 2:00 a.m., america's special ops and kurdish forces in five u.s. helicopters, headed for the town of hawija landing near an isis prison on the outskirts of town. sources say isis had already dug mass graves for their hostages. kurdish troops stormed in. about 20 isis guards inside fought back. so the u.s. troops, there to assist, guard the perimeter and communicate with u.s. aircraft above, decided to step in to protect the pentagon says, their kurdish allies and the hostages. about 15 isis guards were killed. but not before the u.s. military says an isis fighter shot one american commando,...

Territory. they still control large sections of eastern and northeastern syria and also northern iraq. the commandos attacked a building where a man and his wife were holed up. syaff has been described as isis' cfo. basically in charge of the terror organization's a financial operations. the sale of gas and oil on the black market and the revenue stream coming in from that. isis guards outside this building where these pool were holed up opened fire on the commands doughs. the gland doughs fought become. then the delta force stormed the building separating the women and children attention kill...

American commando, so far unidentified, who later died of his injuries. the first american to die in combat in iraq since u.s. forces withdrew four years ago. but the pentagon insists this was a unique situation. >> u.s. forces are not in an active combat mission in iraq. and that's -- i can say that directly. >> reporter: when the fight was over, the americans and kurds loaded the freed hostages, 75 of them according to u.s. officials, and at least 5 captured isis guards, on the helicopters, and left. >> richard engel reports that the freed hostages turned out not to be kurds. about 20 of the...