jomana karadsheh is tracking that story live for us from ahman, jordan. isis after a couple of days fighting, gave up that town. how important is that town? >> reporter: very significant, christine. the loss of taliba would be the most significant loss of isis in a very long time, especially after we have seen the group gaining territory, both in iraq and syria over recent weeks, with the gain of ramadi and palmari in syria. this would be a significant loss for isis and also a significant gain for the local grounds on the troop backed by the coalition air strikes. over the past month, we saw them making advances. these kurdish ypg fighters along with syrian and other groups have made advances around that area in the province taking over villages. in recent days they did seem to be advancing fast and taking control of the syrian side of the border crossing with turkey. this is a very significant one that was under the control of isis. and just yesterday, the ypg, the kurdish fighters, and syrian arab fighters announcing they are in full control of the town

jomana karadsheh is tracking that story for us from ahman, jordan, for us.ood morning. >> reporter: good morning, christine. a very significant setback for isis with the loss of their biggest loss in months really after we saw the group really on the advance, whether it was in syria where they gained control of the historic city of palmira or iraq where they gained control of ramadi. a significant setback here for isis. now, this is what we know is that the ypg kurdish fighters and along with arab syrian rebel groups making advances with the support of the coalition air strikes and they managed to take control on of more than 40 towns and villages around that area over the past month. and it was just this week. in a few days, they managed to gain control of that border crossing with syria that was under the control of isis, and, yesterday, they announced full control of the town of taliba, a very strategic town. this was the first is isis-controlled town past the turkish border. it was pretty much a life line for isis for smuggling across that border from tu

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they were flown to ahman.ged to have been bodyguards for osama bin laden. another man captured in pakistan after fighting american soldiers at bora bora afghanistan. and the last of the six was a religious teacher who had lies to bin laden's religious adviser. any country that receives gitmo detainees has assured the u.s. it's taken measures to mitigate any threat the detainee may pose after transfer. a pentagon spokesman said the measures taken must be tailored to mitigate the threat of the detainee. if we do not receive adequate ainsurances, the transfer does not occur. more than 90% of the detainees are neither confirmed nor suspected by the intelligence community of re-engagement. although the data shows it generally takes at least five years for transfer detainees to return to the fight. oman said the six men have arufd there and will be living in that country temporarily. it's not clear how long that may be or where they may be going next. and that concerns some in congress. including republican senator