Going toward the city. Although the peshmerga would not have allowed isis militants to capture that city. But this comes as isis is trying to relieve pressure on mosul. Peshmerga are strangling it on three different fronts isis is probing their lines, looking for weaknesses to exploit. And really to show you how, how continues the fighting was, we know that 40 isis fighters were killed in it. And several peshmerga fighters were killed as well. Although the peshmerga have been fairly vague in the number of fatalities they had. But what is most surprising is how it shaped up with their weapons, you have the peshmerga, who are using small arms they do not have heavy artillery and you have the isis fighters who have american equipment. Theyre going against them. Alisyn . Thanks for spelling all of that out this morning for us ian, lee, well check back in with you. Theres information about the suspected gunman in the deadly shootings in copenhagen and emerging evidence that the paris terror
Reporter the pentagon announcing that Muhsin Al Fadhli was killed by a u. S. Drone strike on july 8th while he was riding in a vehicle west of aleppo. This had been somebody the u. S. Had been looking for a very long time. The Khorasan Group said to be having the aspiration, the desire to launch external attacks against the United States al fadhli a long time operative of khorasan. It is said that he is one of the few al qaeda operatives who had advance word of the 9 11 attacks and in 2002 he was involved in terrorist attack planning against u. S. Marines in kuwait and a french cargo ship. This is someone that they were looking for. What is most intriguing, this is what the pentagon calls a targeted strike. They knew when day launched that missile off a drone over Northern Syria that he was in the vehicle at the time. It says a lot, perhaps about the u. S. Ability to conduct Reconnaissance Missions in that area where it has no troops on the ground. Barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. Isi
The u. S. Military is claiming a victory against terrorism announcing it has kill advert ran militant in syria. Officials say that he led the Khorasan Group that has been planning attacks on western targets. The u. S. Put a 7 million bounty on his head. A missile hit his vehicle in Northern Syria earlier this month. Isis is claiming responsibility for a pair of deadly suicide bombings in baghdad. At least 18 people were killed late tuesday in a commercial area. More than 43 people were wounded. You can see the video here and the aftermath of that explosion. Rows and rows of buildings just obliterated. Debris littering the streets. Another car bombing in southeastern baghdad left two people dead and nine wounded. The u. S. Military says it is stepping up its air strikes against isis targets in syria. But officials are tight lipped about what theyre aiming for. Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr has more. Reporter u. S. Aircraft continue pounding isis positions in raqqah syria. But the