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A critical moment tonight in the fight against isis. u.s.-backed forces are closing in on the terror group's last two major cities. only a section of mosul in iraq is still under isis control and isis fighters are now surrounded in their self-described capital, raqqah in syria. not too far from there is where we find cnn's nick paton walsh. >> reporter: i'm about 40 miles away from raqqah city itself and how things have changed since we were here 18 months ago. this used to be the front line but now isis surrounded entirely, cordoned off in what they still call the capital of their self-declar...

A critical moment tonight in the fight against isis. u.s.-backed forces are closing in on the terror group's last two major cities. only a section of mosul in iraq is still under isis control and isis fighters are now surrounded in their self-described capital, raqqah in syria. not too far from there is where we find cnn's nick paton walsh. >> reporter: i'm about 40 miles away from raqqah city itself and how things have changed since we were here 18 months ago. this used to be the front line but now isis surrounded entirely, cordoned off in what they still call the capital of their self-declar...