us, raqqah, syria, is now job number one. and we re prosecuting that fight there just like we did here by with and through our local partners. we re performing the same kind of missions. the coalition is performing the same kind of missions there. we ll take raqqah. cnn has more. good morning. reporter: good morning, dave. of course, the recapture of mosul a great victory for the iraqis and a major blow for isis. there still is a tough task ahead for the iraqis when it comes to securing and stabilizing and holding areas where they pushed isis out of. there s also the reconstruction effort to try and rebuild that devastated city, mosul. an effort that is probably going to cost them billions. it s unclear at this point where iraq is going to get the money for that. and isis still does control several towns in iraq, some key
towns in the north, and also to the west in anbar province. they still hold some territory, not as significant as mosul. the iraqis will be moving on next to try and push them out of there. with that comes the concern that when isis loses territory, it s going to revert to its insurgent roots carrying out attacks in urban centers like baghdad, for example. when it comes to the international coalition, their main focus there turns to syria. specifically that self-declared capital of isis, raqqah, where we have seen fighting going on now for weeks. and it s expected that it could go on for months, perhaps. a different terrain, different kind of fighting force that is on the ground. the local partners of the coalition are different. but perhaps one thing that is going to be similar and we would expect isis to fight until the end, as they did in mosul. there s really it s not clear at this point how many civilians
as of an hour ago, what was job number two for us, raqqah syria, is job number one. we re prosecuting that fight there as we did here by, with, and through local partners. and the coalition is performing the same kind of missions there. we ll take raqqah. and we have more from raqqah. good morning to you. to hold, let alone to rebuild, seems a formidable challenge ahead there. good morning. reporter: good morning, dave. of course, yes, this has been a huge victory for the iraqis, recapturi recapturing mosul. a blow to the terror group in iraq. the tough task is still ahead for the iraqis when it comes to securing, stabilizing, and holding the territory that they ve recaptured from isis, like mosul, rebuilding devastated cities, something that is probably going to cost billions of dollars.
mosul. a different partner on the ground, different forces fighting alongside the coalit n coalition, with the support of the coalition. one thing that will be the fine is we expect isis fighters to fight until the death. symbolic win but a long battle ahead. thank you. global stock markets are higher today after u.s. stock markets closed mostly up. the dow dipping slightly, but a rally in tech stocks boosting the nasdaq and s&p 500. investors have high hopes for tech as wall street head into earnings season. the sector is the best performing this year, up 18%. so investors in tech, wow, you ve done well. second-quarter earnings kick off in earnest friday. big names like banks, jpmorgan, citi bank, wells fargo, reporting earnings. last earnings season was the best in years, in years. companies are rolling in the profits. so analysts expect another great quarter. the s&p 500 companies expected to grow 6%. profit expected to grow 6% from