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Raqqah has been under isis control for more than three years now, using the old city wall as a fighting position. cnn's senior international correspondent nick paton walsh joining me live in erbil with the latest. >> reporter: it is a key moment according to the coalition statement, got through the outer old city walls swiftly. they appear to have broached two substantial holes in the wall and that enabled the syrian, kurdish and arab forces surrounding ground and air support to get in and around that old city a lot faster,xpassing a lot of booby traps and defensive positions laid out by isis ...

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Raqqah, syria, saying the raqqah offensive is expected to start in the next few weeks and has been in the works for a while. this as the u.s. central command says they expect isis resistance very, very soon as the forces advance closer to mosul. and joining us live from erbil, iraq, matt bradley. good day to you. pretty big news surrounding raqqah. >> reporter: that's right. secretary of state -- secretary of defense, excuse me, ash carter, said they are planning on moving in on raqqah. that is a very, very ambitious plan for what could be an extremely bruising fight. if isis seems to be put...