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Along the turkey/syria border. keir? >> reporter: hey, andrea. i'll explain where we are, in a turkish town which has been hit through the day by mortar rounds fired out of syria. they have killed multiple people, according to reports. and just a few hours ago, while we were reporting, a mortar round flew right over our heads and landed a short distance away from us. of course in the dark it gets more dangerous. what we've done is moved away from that location where we were overlooking the syrian border, just to be a little safer, pulled on the side of the road so we could talk to you, andrea....

That separates the town that is the last enclave of isis from the area of the u.s. backed democratic forces. they were moving for ward. we had a mortar round land next to the building we were in, in addition to rounds overhead. after that there were more strikes by the u.s. coalition and in the course of the day, they were able to push back. this incident really did underscore what a continuing danger these isis fighters pose despite the fact they have been under around the clock bombardment by coalition aircraft and artillery and mortars from british and french and american positions in the a...

Live shots from, and bullets started zinging over our heads, and what appeared we don't know if it was a bomb dropped by a drone or a mortar round landed right next to our building. and so we had to go down stairs, take cover and eventually pull out of the position altogether. we've pulled back to a spot about 5 kilometers from there, and we've been able to take off our flat jackets and helmets, which explains why my hair's so messy. nonetheless we're on safer ground now. what happened was a serious counter attack by isis fighters. there were several vehicle born explosive devices went off jus...

The last two days. bullets started to zing over our heads and a mortar round landed right next to the building we were in. so we had to get out of there very quickly as rounds were coming down the street. and so we saw some of the syrian democratic forces running in the opposite direction from the front, even though there have been intense air strikes on the town since the morning. but it appears the iesds fighte isis fighters have taken advantage of the heavy mist in the morning. and therefore when this town is going to fall is not at all clear. last night we were speaking to their commanders...

The rebel free syrian army unit that turkey backs. from there you can see a hilltop where we were told are some key wpg positions, sniper positions. they do have an advantage in this particular area, given that they do hold this higher ground. when you drive through this terrain, you get an idea of just how potentially challenging this is. it's very rural. the communities there are quite widespread. there are also a number of makeshift refugee encampments that do exist as well. a lot of the civilians we were talking to in the area, children have grown so acustomed to sounds of artillery, they ...