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He was in in raqqah, syria, isis capital, self declared capital. they are not 100% sure. they are looking for confirmation. with no personnel or intelligence on the ground in syria, they have to look at social media postings and any indications in the public arena or any announcements that he may have died. they still believe, however, that this is a very good chance that they got him. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. breaking news on another front in the battle against isis. kurdish peshmerga forces fight to retake the city of sinjar from isis. they have entered the city from all direction...

>> if the kurds you are with manage to retake the city, do you have a sense, nick, of what is next or will they keep pushing the isis forces? >> reporter: these movements appear to be well planned and coordinated with u.s. special forces to help bring in air strikes around as well. any further moves at all will take planning and some time. the strategic point to taking the town is to fully take it and control the highway. the key points is how quickly can they assemble forces to move on those cities and how easy can they hold sinjar. they moved in in large numbers. they have been known to be a...

The president, retired general john allen, who's been helping in terms of this war against isis, an exit interview as we like to call it. what does he say about the war going on, the latest development at sinjar? >> it's interesting when we sat down about a year ago, we were talking about the rescue of these yazidis from sinjar mountain and we talked about how the battle is going back to where it began. but this time, it's the kurds that are becoming among the most reliable partners in this fight against isis. take a listen. today, kurdish forces are retaking sinjar with u.s. air strike assist...

The particular area. when it comes to the exact makeup of the kurdish forces, that's complicated in some degree. the peshmerga are very clear this is an operation led by them and other kurdish groups are involved in the trail end of that operation. they could move in once major clearing is done. here, we have seen evidence of one [ no audio ] >> looks like we have lost our connection there to nick peyton walsh reporting on a military operation which has been ongoing now for a number of hours as kurdish forces move in on the town of sinjar. joining us now with more on all of this, lieutenant ...

Mosul. we heard intense explosions in the past 20 minutes or so. it is seemingly from further away from behind us. isis trying to move toward sinjar and fight again for the main highway. we are also seeing many explosions in the distance from coalition air strikes. a lot of movement here. another blast in the distance just now. the offense at dawn is diffusing slightly. the traps and roadside bombs and mines may slow them down. there will be a more intense fight in the hours ahead to try to reclaim that road. whoever is in control of it now, both sides like to claim they are. it is vital as is...