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i want to go to our correspondent nic robertson live in london. what is going in syria, nic? reporter: the fact that the coalition is now focusing air strikes in raqqah, 30 strikes over the weekend. that is significant. raqqah is the capital of isis. several years ago, they made it their administrative hub. this is the place they carry out street executions and beheadings and religious courts and their prisoned facilities. so striking this while at the same time striking the significant border town of kobani in the north of syria on the border with turkey, it is something we have been able to see. the focus back to isis capital is really a strike at the heart of the organization. reports say that some of the