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That area. many of them show signs of torture and executions. russians have attacked hospitals, schools, even evacuation convoys. just today cnn witnessed a market getting hit in the east. so with an offensive led by this new ruthless general on the way, just how ugly is this about to get? because what we've seen here is horrific. should we expect it to get even worse? >> yeah, i think the violence will get much worse over the next month or so. this fight that's going to happen in eastern ukraine, both sides recognize that this is the determining fight of this -- i won't call it the whole war,...

Forces in a -- trapped between a syrian russian army moving north to take on the turkish army moves south. it puts us in a terrible position and the safety and protection of the service members comes first to me. >> and for a president who promised to wipe out isis, there is now this. growing fears of isis resurgence in the region after reports that the turkish offensive led to hundreds of isis fighters escaping capture in northern syria. nick paton walsh joins me now. describe what's happening. >> reporter: kate, the key thing to understand is how fast this is moving. 24, 30 hours ago, we wer...

>> jim chute toe, thank you very much. retired general james spyder marks, my question to you is the iraqis in ramadi say it's fallen. jim chute toe is reporting major owe offensive led by the u.s. coalition against isis delayed from spring to maybe fall to maybe next year. the u.s. government says isis is in retreat. it doesn't seem that way from the reporting on the ground. what is the u.s. going to do about it? just say this coalition's working? or put boots on the ground? >> i think the united states has already demonstrated what it intends to do. and you know erin that is to provide what ...

Talked about as this absolute most operational affiliate of al qaeda. they've issued a lot of threats. at the same time, are they in a weaker position today than they have been in the last couple of years? >> in the last couple of years, perhaps. there was a time they controlled real territory in yemen and operated like a de facto government in parts of the country. they didn't do a particularly good job. they were thrown out by an offensive led by the yemeni military that was also backed by saudi arabia, also backed by the united states. they do operate quite openly in the country. this is no...

Little bit more sophisticated, more organized militarily? >> reporter: by accounts we are hearing today, from the front line, there was a little bit more organization, cohesion to this operation. ajdabiya is their defensive position, their final defensive position, so it makes sense that they are building trenches. but you can always tell how things are going for opposition forces by their celebratory gunfire and victory signs. you got a little bit more of that today. they had a rough week, remember, lost a lot of territory, key towns over the past several days to regime forces who were pushin...