. >> reporter: no one caught up in today's deadly bombings believed this could happen in latakia.it's the heartland of the regime, home to president bashar al assad's family and to two russian military bases. until today, it was the most secure part of the country. so much so that during our last visit, we found syrians on the beach taking a break from the war. but today's carnage sends a message to syrians from isis. it's on the offensive, and now nowhere is safe. but recent isis bombings, like the one that ripped through baghdad two weeks ago, may actually show that the group is on the defensive. just last week, it was chased out of rutba near the iraqi border, and overall its territory has been shrinking for months. [ gunfire ] now isis may be about the lose fallujah, which it's controlled for more than two years. on national television, iraqi prime minister haider al abadi told the country, "the army is determined to win." for months, iraqi forces have been training with u.s. advisers. and today, 20,000 soldiers counter-terrorism troops and police began their offensive. if his

earlier deal to reaffirm the truce in the damascus suburbs and the coastal let's talk yet -- coastal latakiance. still, about 3% of students aged 12 to 18 said they were victims of crimes at school in 2014. about 1.3 million students were suspended for at least one full school day for alcohol violations, violence, or weapons possession. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by our 2400 journalists in more than 150 news bureaus around the world. i'm mark crumpton. back to you. vonnie: thank you. commodity markets closing in new york at this hour. let's take a look at the biggest movers. oil bouncing around in reaction to stockpiles. two 17nventories rose by 8 million barrels -- by 2.78 million barrels. gas futuresural climbing for a second day on speculation that hotter weather will boost demand for fuel. gold calling for a second day, falling by more than 1% today -- falling for a second day, falling by more than 1% today. still, gold is up more than 21% this year. anre may be concerns about overblown rally in gold. this is a chart of outstanding -- e for more on the outlook for gold, using h

. >> reporter: no one caught up in today's deadly bombings believed this could happen in latakia, the heartland of the regime. home to president bashar al-assad's family, and to two russian military bases. until today, it was the most secure part of the country. so much so that during our last visit we found syrians on the beach taking a break from the war. but today's carnage sends a message to syrians from isis. it is on the offensive and now nowhere is safe. but recent isis bombings like the one that ripped through baghdad two weeks ago may actually show that the group is on the defensive. just last week, it was chased out of the iraqi border and overall its territory has been shrinking for months. now isis may be about to lose fallujah which it controlled for more than two years. on national television, iraqi prime minister, al-abadi told the country the army is determined to win. for months iraqi forces have been training with u.s. advisers and today 20,000 soldiers, counterterrorism troops and police began their offensive. if history is anything to go by, the battle for fallujah

and, so, that has led to, in three parts of the country where there is been continued fighting, in latakia, eastern damascus and aleppo, we now are reestablishing the cessation of hostilities, doesn't mean every shot is going to stop, but what you're seeing the regime do, that just has to stop. and what the russians are telling us -- and we don't trust anybody here -- >> rose: right. -- but what they're telling us is that they agree and they're working now to reestablish the cessation of hostilities. we've also now, and secretary kerrkerry spoke to this, syria o complicated, it's so hard from day to day to figure out exactly what is happening in any given place, there is so much misinformation together with what we know is happening, that if the russians are sincere in trying to enforce a cessation of ho tilts which once guy -- -- hostilities which they said they would do, we have to have a common sight picture of what happened. we and the russians are increasing teams to have a this-7 cycle of what's happening so when things flare up we can try to work to deescalate. might not work, but t

and russia worked out the agreement, on the heals of similar deals in damascus and latakia province.yrian military said later that the aleppo truce is good for only 48 hours. >> sreenivasan: the global tobacco industry was dealt a double blow today. the european union's highest court upheld requirements that cigarettes be sold in plain packages covered mostly with health warnings. the rules also limit advertising for e-cigarettes. separately, india's supreme court ordered that health warnings cover 85% of a cigarette pack's surface. >> woodruff: back in this country, the federal transportation security administration is moving to address long lines at the busiest u.s. airports. officials said today they're adding more screeners and bomb- sniffing dogs to expedite the screening process. airlines have voiced concerns that growing wait times will affect the peak summer travel season. >> sreenivasan: and on wall street, stocks sagged after a private survey of job creation turned in disappointing numbers. the dow jones industrial average lost 99 points to close at 17,651. the nasdaq fell