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Predicted ramadi would be back in iraqi hands within days.. well, maybe not so fast. today a senior state department official called the situation in ramadi a serious setback and said nobody is kidding themselves about it. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >> so all of this has a lot of questions being asked right now if the u.s. should be reviewing its strategy in the entirety for defeating isis. i asked cnn military analyst general mark hurdly about that just a short time ago. >> i actually think we're continuing a wholesale review on a daily basis. there's always the potential for adapting ...

Fighters back. in cooperation with our brothers in the armed forces we are making every effort to protect palmyra. >> reporter: ancient palmyra influenced by roman, greek, persian cultures. now in the cross hairs of isis extremists. isis posted these pictures online. allegedly showing its fighters inside the town. while the syrian regime says it is sending reinforcements to the battlefield its antiquities chief is not taking any chances. moving many artifacts to safer locations. we put in place efficient procedures in the last period he said and saved hundred of exponentially beautiful statues...

All right. want to get you more information on the breaking news coming to us out of syria. isis now fully in control of the ancient city of palmyar, including the military airport, and the prison. many are worried that the terror group will destroy the city's artifacts like nimrud and. >> isis has been closing in on the city for weeks. >> reporter: syrian jets pound isis positions in the town of tadmur, few hundred meters away from palmyar. the unesco heritage site with treasures dating back to the first century threatened by the extremist group. syrian government forces are trying to push th...

Acknowledging behind the scenes how serious the situation is, and are watching for signs of what may happen next. if iranian backed shia militias move in could there be a new sectarian bloodbath? will isis expand into shia areas beyond the traditional power base in sunni dominated regions. a u.s. intelligence official tells cnn itch isis were to expand beyond sunni areas in iraq, it would signal a more serious threat to baghdad. >> we need to take these people down and take these people down quickly. or they will dig in and we are never going to get them out. >> reporter: with air strikes cont...

Ancient city of palmayra with artifacts dating back thousands of years now largely in the hands of isis. experts fear a repeat of scenes like this in iraq when isis destroyed museum antiquities. >> we're concerned about this, obviously. it has been caught in a crossfire for some time. >> the pentagon insists its anti-isis strategy is not changing. it will train iraqi troops. there will be no u.s. forces in combat on the ground. >> what this looks like, in fact, on the ground is containment. but that's not what president obama says his policy is. that's not what he's selling to the american peo...