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>> reporter: they originally told us there is perhaps a thousand a1,500 inside the town and what happened thousands of people came out every day. there were many foreigners among them. >> do i regret coming, you mean? no, i don't. >> reporter: the wives of isis fighters. god is testing us, this woman says. the unworthy will leave and the righteous will remain. and it's been a pattern. the morning began with heavy exchange of machine gun fire and loud explosions and there are fighting and allow the civilians to come out when they think they are all out and they will have another offensive and t...

This is the final piece of territory held by the organization they are fighting to avoid defeat. the fight to lib raeult baghouz, tens of thousands surrendered including 5,000 isis fighters. as u.s. coalition continue to pound baghouz, people continue to flee. the largest camp in northern syria is completely full. shep? >> shepard: what else are they saying about why this particular mission is so difficult? >> reporter: welsh shep, according to the democratic forces, isis is using land mines, also machine gun fire and mortar rounds to push back those forces trying to liberate the city. the spo...

Final battle in the mideast bureau. >> democratic forces in syria have been saying for months that they are just months away from defeating isis. it is becoming more and more clear now but the final battle against the group might not be anywhere close to finished. syria democratic forces say thousands of isis fighters are hunkered down in the syrian city. while this is the final piece of territory held by the terrorist organization, they are fighting among many civilians to avoid defeat. u.s. coalition air strikes pounded the town over the weekend as isis continues to attack u.s. backed troops...

Looks like we're in for a dust storm as well. so, visibility is getting worse. and in fact under conditions like these is when isis oftentimes counterattacks. overnight it did attack, counterattack, in two positions, we're told. taking those positions back from the u.s. from the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces. they're also using suicide car boths overnight. five we were told so far. so, the going has been rough, but in fact, we can still see, not right now, but there is still a black banner of isis flying in the ruins in behind me. right now, i'm hearing heavy machine gunfire from that a...

Allies on the ground making slow and steady progress capturing two weapons depots. smoke rising over what is left of the islamic state, ruined buildings, burned tents. ben wedeman has been on the ground for days now in the midst of this. tell us what the situation is on the front lines now and how close are they to grabbing this last bit of the caliphate. >> reporter: jim, poppy, today actually has been relatively quiet. there are occasional blasts and exchanges of machine gun fire in the background but by and large it has been quiet, quiet because we understand from officials from the syrian ...