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Stronghold. >> they are seeing more and more difficulty of getting their fighters into northern syria. >> reporter: despite pure fighters a classified intelligence assessment bleakly concludes isis is as strong as it was a year ago when airstrikes began. but it is no longer making huge advances on the ground. the number of fighters down slightly to 20,000 to 30,000. the pentagon says that is progress. but, in iraq even as the u.s. struck a facility making vehicle-borne bombs, the defense intelligence agency has its own grim assessment. one official saying quote, the situation between iraq betw...