WHITFIELD: The death toll keeps rising in Syria. That country's civil war has claimed more than 100,000 lives, many of them women and children. But there has also been a war within a war, pitting moderate rebels against Islamic fundamentalists, all of whom are opposed to the Assad regime. CNN's Arwa Damon has an exclusive report from the killing fields near Syrian-Turkish border.</s>ARWA DAMON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): We cross from Turkey into northern Syria, escorted by armed rebels. For months, these lands are under the brutal and merciless control of ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. As we drive towards the town of Adana (ph), a</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There are two corpses over here, and there are some corpses near the northern</s>DAMON: Any one who dared defy them paid a price. Even smoking was banned. (on camera): This was another of the ISIS headquarters and everything here, all of the walls were painted black. You can see that they had been freshly painted over in white. When ISIS was under control, at a time like this. And it is Friday and it is prayer time, none of these people would have been able to be out on the street. They would have forced the markets to close. (voice-over): Many here don't want their identities revealed or even to be seen talking to us. ISIS may no longer be in control but many fear they could come back. Arwa Damon, CNN, Adana (ph), Syria.</s>WHITFIELD: And you'll want to stay tuned to CNN. Starting tomorrow, we begin our exclusive in-depth coverage of the Syrian conflict across all platforms. "The Syrian War," a CNN exclusive.
Syria's War Within The War