point, it s a slightly different story. this town behind me has been getting pummeled by artillery, by air force jets and air strikes all throughout the day. we have been hearing heavy amounts of fire going in there but the ground offensive to actually start to liberate that town still is not going on yet. i think what this gives you a sense of is just how difficult it is, just how slow and methodical and plodding. we are talking village by village, going through methodically, trying to rout isis militants. it only takes a few dozen of them to inflict quite a lot of damage. we are hearing from the syrian observatory of human rights that dozens of yazidi women who were held as sex slaves by isis have now been moved from mosul to the isis stronghold of raqqah in of course syria. that gives you a sense that isis is preparing, they are making
yazidi women as slaves. the kurdish operation to get sinjar, the u.s. coalition is providing close air support. nick paton walsh joins us on the line from outside sinjar, and nick, you re with peshmerga fight fighters. tell us what s happening. reporter: we re limited in terms of our exact location by joining the peshmerga. they ve said through security council, they ve taken to the west of the city, a village. it s significant because it s close to what many see is a strategic goal in the defensive, and that is the route known as 47 that runs through sinjar,
canadian steve memont who also happens to be jewish is doing something few have been able to accomplish. his group has rescued 130 young girls from isis. it s a mission he says won t stop. you and your organization have rescued up to 130 young girls and women, christian yazidi women, who have been in the hands of isis. tell me what motivated you to make a difference in this way? because this is a story been following on this show for quite some time, trying to document the plight of these desperate people. and i wanted to know what is it within you that motivated you to move forward in this direction? hi, uma, thank you. what motivated me is i guess my education. where i came from, the holocaust that s been taught to us in schools, canada brought us this education i mean, north america brought us this
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