here s cnn s nick paten walsh. reporter: the final target on isis, their capital raqqa. held hostage in terror, the closest we get to it is in space and these exclusive satellite pictures. here two checkpoints in the street and nearby an isis flag. precision strikes cutting its people further off from the world. translator: life is not life. life is death. we are besieged. we can t leave or walk around. anyone who breathes is slaughtered. reporter: she escaped a day earlier and describes from the north the claustrophobic paranoid world of living in isis. put out this central market to hide isis fighters from coalition drone fighters from
up and saying, listen, isis does not represent. isis is not welcome here any more. so, our partnership with the iraqi army, they have taken up isis in ramadi and focus in mosul. the capital of iraq is mosul and we re going to take them out. after that, we re taking out their capital raqqa and syria. we can t let isis do harm to our partners. final question, sir. we re separated by thousands of miles, but what do you want the rest of us to know about what you all are doing back here at home? well, you know, everyone has families back at home. i know it s my daughter is 10 years old today, maggie murphy. and, you know, but we all are sacrificing. i m only here for a week for the thanksgiving to make sure that i m saying thanks on behalf of
and has begun carrying out airstrikes. 26 fighters onboard are engaged in the fight. this triples french s ability to strike at isis targets and the french don t have to depend on the u.s. for refueling. the french aircraft care yell will augment u.s. efforts in the air campaign until the uss harry truman arrives. reports today from understand syria m suggest kurdish fights are 20 miles from the capital raqqa. the russians are writing on their missiles, for paris. thank you. people in mali are mourning the victims of a deadly terror attack at an upscale hotel there happened last friday. witnesses say terrorist stormed the radisson blue he tell with guns and grenades holding 170 guests and members of the staff hostage before government troops were able to free them. 19 people confirmed dead in the