the capital raqqa province as well as azor, a province close to the border. we are getting reports from this monitoring group, that these air strikes targeted the al nusra. syria's al qaeda branch. again, this information from the observatory for human rights. no confirmation yet. the observatory group told us. a number of i.s.i.l. fighters have been killed. this is the beginning, this is not an easy fight. they target headquarters, as far as we know, i.s.i.l. fighters have now moved and are within the local population. they control cities and towns. this will be a difficult fight, you'll need ground forces. who does the united states have as an ally on the ground. the other force is al nusra, and they are considered al qaeda's branch in syria. >> this is a difficult fight. >> stay with me, i want to give a little more information to the viewers, the pentagon saying u.s. fighter jets hitting on monday. raqqa is where they hit. a strong hold. it was the have of their operations. i should mention the yellow areas are the areas that i.s.i.l. has taken control of

the capital raqqa province as well as azor, a province close to the border.e are getting reports from this monitoring group, that these air strikes targeted the al nusra. syria's al qaeda branch. again, this information from the observatory for human rights. no confirmation yet. the

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this is a port city that sits right along the coast in the sea of azor.russian rebels stationed there, bearing down, seemingly ready, poised for an attack on mariupol. just on the outskirts of mariupol you have ukrainian troops, digging trenches, bolstering their defenses. they are extremely concerned and scared over the past 48 hours. many residents have left and others have hunkered down. at this hour, the pro-russian rebels have not decided to make a move to mariupol, but if they do and if they succeed in taking mariupol the next region will be the russian annexed territory, the crimean preninsula. if they get there, that will mean they've established a land bridge. and if you go up from this region, in the donetsk region, the luhansk region, you're sighing rebels pushing down to this area, taking more territory. in the meantime, ukrainian troops continuing to retreat. overnight, 68 soldiers retreated. our cnn crews have observed the troops retreating as well, dejected and defeated. so unless something changes, momentum shifting in favor of the rebels.