safely walk is in his foot steps. even though they ve cleared this area, even though they ve held it for the last few days, there are still areas within this that are booby-trapped. ramadi was home to nearly a million people. today as troops continue their push, we re told possibly over 1,000 families remain trapped. facing death amidst the rubble. as the battle for ramadi has raged, it s been hard to get a sense of the toll on civilians, but in this video filmed for cnn, you can see soldiers race across a sniper alley to escort a white-flag waving boy and his family. those who can t walk are carried, all desperate to escape. this man describes the horror his family faced. isis tried to take us away, he says. young, old, ill. they wanted to take us all.
reporter: the only way we can safely walk is in his footsteps much even though they have cleared this area and held it for the last few days, there are still areas within this that are booby trapped. ramadi was home to nearly a million people. today, as troops continue their push, we re told possibly over 1,000 families remain trapped. facing death amidst the rubble. as the battle for ramadi has raged, it s been hard to get a sense of the toll on civilians. but in this video filmed for cnn, you can see soldiers race across a sniper alley to escort back a white flag waving boy and his family. those who can t walk are carried. all desperate to escape. this man describes the horror his family faced. isis tried to take us away, he says. young, old, ill.
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montenegro is now on the cusp. they want to join. it been an interesting debate in a few months. general mark hertling, thank you very much for your time. thank you, allison. next month, we will be discussing isis and the battle for ramadi. let s start that conversation by going into the details out of ramadi this morning. militants have attacked an iraqi army basement three iraqi soldiers have been killed. iraqi superficial i officials say ten suicide bombers attacked that base. okay, this is happening as iraqi forces are evacuating. civilians still looking for isis fighters, holding on to parts of that city, hiding out there. cnn s senior correspondent is live from baghdad. first, give us an idea of this attack and how it went down. reporter: we understand this was yesterday evening, victor.
heel here in iraq. gene says for all the cheer in ramadi, it s just as likely that isis will retreat, only later to return. which could render some progress short lived. secretary of state john kerry congratulated the iraqis for their so-called perseverance and courage. in the battle for ramadi. by the way, if the gains there do hold, you should expect the next major operation for the coalition to take place in mosul. an isis stronghold that could happen as soon as this coming spring. doug? kevin corke from honolulu, thank you. let s get more perspective on the fight against isis now from iraqi ambassador to the united states, thank you for joining us. as you saw in kevin s piece there, your prime minister visited ramadi today, an indication that the security situation must be fairly stable. what can you tell bus the latest on security? we have more or less got control of the city center. most of that surrounding the city center and most of ramadi