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Take a look here at this satellite image. it shows the sheer amount of coalition airstrikes and shelling that they ve suffered. now, to a time lapse satellite image. several showing the migration of thousands of people towards the river as they escape the isis strong hold. these pictures show the movement from a month s time from february to january of this year. the people end up in refugee camps in northeast syria. now to these pictures taken from december to february. they show how fast one camp has grown. the aid group save the children relationship saying save the children says those children have spent months or years without medical care and adequate food and even know face life-threatening dangers. our senior international ....
Mexico border is a necessity. tom. tara, thank you. and this programming note the latest reaction to the president s emergency declaration tomorrow on this week with abc s martha raddatz. overseas now, we turn to the desperate fight for the latest isis stronghold in syria. the human toll, high. the images coming in. abc s foreign correspondent james longman taking us through the scarred towns that make up this battlefield. reporter: rubble and dust the isis legacy. it once spanned two countries and attracted thousands of extremists from all corners of the globe. tonight, the so-called caliphate is reduced to about 7,000 square feet of freezing mud in southeastern syria, where 1,000 or so isis fighters are in a standoff with coalition forces. today, we drove out to the towns nearest the frontline. we saw why victory can t be called just yet. ....
The country. the fighting is very hard right now. u.s. backed fighters are pushing against the last isis stronghold. it is sounding a strategic view of what isis may be capable of. it is an important objective for us we are going to have to continue to put military pressure on them. certain democratic forces will and we will help them. he is not contradicting. it is easier when you re there on the ground but in this case our president has made a decision and we are going to execute that. it is from bases inside iraq. ....
Leaving syria, the pentagon says more than 30 air strikes have been launched in eastern syria, killing hundreds of isis fighters. more evidence the terrorist arm isn t quite defeated peered u.s. officials warn isis and its ideology have spread to other continents, including europe ans have been launched in recent days. in iraq, not all troops they have been shelling isis positions around the clock in eastern syria. the last known isis stronghold is a city within the range of those cannons. at its height in 2014, isis controlled an area the size of ohio. during president trump s first year in office, air strikes against the terror group increased 33%, roughly 40,000 40 bombs were dropped in isis last year. this year, sharply reduced as fewer isis targets remain on the battlefield. today, isis only hold 1% of the territory it once held in iraq and syria. despite gains against isis, the security situation in iraq ....
Hundreds of isis fighters. more evidence the terrorists army isn t quite defeated. u.s. officials warned isis and its ideology has spread to other continents including europe and africa. terror attacks have been launched in recent days. and in iraq not all u.s. troops are training local forces. u.s. artillery and iraq s border with syria has been shelling isis positions around the clock in eastern syria. the last known isis stronghold is a city located within range of these canons. if at its height in 2014, isis controlled area the size of ohio. during president trump s first year in office air strikes against the group increased 33%, roughly 40,000 bombs were dropped on ice as last year. this year, air strikes have been sharply reduced as fewer isis targets remain on the battlefield. today, isis only holds 1% of the territory of ones held in iraq and syria. despite the gains against isis, the security situation in iraq remains tense. one of the reasons the presidents visit remain secr ....