isis and syria. national intel officials morning it is still dangerous as us troops pulled out of the region. benjamin hall looks at how much they rely on support in the war-torn nation. reporter: pummeled by modern us weaponry the caliphate has been reduced to a single town. now it is surrounded by members of the syrian defense force. isis had years to dig into the city crisscrossing the tunnels and planting ids. that was incredibly destructive. those buildings, it took a month to liberate, the battle is still raging 10 miles behind me. sds commando ronnie white house tells fox news isis holds one square mile of land with 1500-2000 fighters. huddled around here he points
out known isis positions, logs relate to the frontline fighters and us forces are everywhere here. you catch glimpses of the moving around on the front lines. in a humvee we pushed on into the final village. at the very front the final line of battle weary men. this is it, the last isis village. no journalist has been here before. at their peak they control 40,000 mi. , roughly at area the size of kentucky. they have 65,000 fighters, 8 million people, all of that is gone. what is left is what you see behind me. people here point out the kurds have been long entrusted allies to the us and urged donald trump not to abandon them and make the same mistake as president obama who they say left iran before the job was done. in syria, benjamin hall, fox news.
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okay. oh man i am home for dinner. he walked away from this with a slight burn from the airbag. state of tennessee. that is a miracle. so as we continue to investigate the story we broke this morning isis was directly connected to the attack on a texas prophet mohammed cartoon contest. the chairman of the house home homeland committee warning this style of attack is the hardest to stop. i think the most difficult terrorist to stop is the one who is radicalized over the internet. this is a good case and point and case study for law enforcement how to stop terrorist attacks in the future. i think we will see more and more of these cases popping up in the future and our ability to monitor events monitor websites, and stop individuals from carrying out terrorist attacks like this is going to be