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These scenes unthinkable just weeks ago. dancing hand in hand with music's the syrian forces that celebrated what they call a brutal defeat. our cnn international correspondent nick peyton walsh has been reporting from raqqa and brings us a rare look inside a former isis prison. >> reporter: isis usually leaves places looking like this in their self-declared capital was not different. with one exception. where are the people? hard lay soul here. while the victors swarming around isis's old hq, the stadium. extraordinary to stand exactly where isis just a matter of weeks or months ago the stadi...

Stadium where isis fighters made their last stand just a few days earlier. raqqah was the de facto capital for isis for more than three years. the terror group isn't completely finished, though, in iraq and syria. but its grip is crumbling. this map shows the territory that it held back in 2014 compared now to what it holds presently. that stadium we showed you you was also an isis headquarters. the terror group used it to plan attacks and also to hold prisoners. our nick paton walsh has an inside look at the prison there and the ruin that isis brock to raqqah. >> reporter: isis usually leaves...

Where's your belly button? [ sighs ] i've got to start booking better gigs. world leaders have called it the snake. years under siege have left much of raqqa under waste land. >> how isis treated victims and how they tried to survive. >> cnn shows us what is left behind in one prison. >> reporter: isis leaving places looking like this in niger capitol. where are the people? victors swarming around isis' old hq. >> it is where isis and a matter