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A new cease-fire now under way in syria. you are looking at live pictures from aleppo. you see it foggy and peaceful. something we have not seen in a long time. the new cease-fire part of the deal brokered by turkey and russia including a return to peace talks after more than five years of war. turkey's president calling the deal historic opportunity, but russian president vladimir putin acknowledging the path is fragile. what is the latest on the ground in syria? cnn's ian lee has more on the ground from syria. good morning, ian. >> reporter: good morning, alison. we have been talking to peop...

For a ja, marjah. the taliban resis taps is strong. marjah is the last stronghold of the taliban there. 50,000 troops are taking part in the operation so far. one u.s. marine and one british some have been killed in the fighting. we'll turn now to the afghan capital. frederik is in kabul. they are limiting the use of air power in the offensive, how does that affect what they are able to do there in marjah? >> reporter: well, it is certainly making advance a lot slower than it could be if they were using the air power. the reason they are doing that is they want to minimize civilian casualtie...

Course, you can imagine the places she is, where she's right now, it is not easy to get the best signal. atia was talking about the sporadic fighting and resistance still coming from the taliban on day two. you can see the city there of marjah, it's the latest offensive taking place in the last eight years. our atia is reporting they are showing more resistance on the second day of the offensive. we know 27 taliban militants have been killed two. coalition forces, including one u.s. marine killed in the fighting so far as well. we'll try to reestablish with atia later. in the meantime, we'll...

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Picture of what's going on down there in marjah. what the afghan government is telling us is what you heard from atia with sporadic fighting. however, they say the taliban are changing tactics. yesterday we were talking about sporadic hit-and-run attacks. today what the afghan government is saying is that some of the taliban fighters who have remained down in marjah appear to be entrenching themselves and looking forward to a fight in the houses in the civilian area. it's a big concern for the u.s. and its allies. the other thing we have been hearing is that the afghan government beliefs it be...