( CNN ) -- ISIS has released a new video of British hostage John Cantlie , this time showing him in the Syrian border city of Kobani . In a segment that lasts for more than five minutes , Cantlie argues that -- unlike Western media accounts of recent days -- Kobani is mostly under control of the terror group , which calls itself the Islamic state . He claims that ISIS fighters are mopping up , and that the all-out battle for the city is over . Kurdish forces in Syria have said the fight is far from finished , and that Iraqi Kurdish forces will soon be joining them . Kurdish forces and ISIS militants have been clashing in the key border city for more than a month . On Sunday , the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 800 people have been killed there since the fighting started . The video posted online Monday is the latest ISIS has released of Cantlie , who 's been held hostage for nearly two years . The British photojournalist , who also wrote several articles for major British newspapers , was kidnapped in November 2012 along with American journalist James Foley . In the first video of him released by the group last month , Cantlie made clear that he was forced to share a message from ISIS . The video released Monday portrays Cantlie as a reporter in the field describing Kobani . The hostage , dressed in black , appears close enough to the border to see Turkish flags in the background . `` It seemed almost like a standup that a CNN correspondent would do in a foreign city , '' Peter Bergen , CNN national security analyst , said . `` It was designed to show that he 's relaxed , that what he 's saying is accurate . But clearly he 's under duress . '' Philip Mudd , a former CIA counterterrorism official , described the video as `` purely a propaganda play . '' Even though it purports to show the strength of ISIS , Mudd said the video actually reveals weakness . `` They 're watching the same media we watch and seeing that their push for Kobani is not going very well . This is a message to respond to what they view as Western media portraying them as losing in Kobani , '' he said . `` They think they need to respond . '' The video also includes images of the heavily damaged city , filmed by what a caption says is an ISIS drone . Based on references Cantlie makes in the video , CNN 's Nick Paton Walsh says it appears to have been filmed about a week ago . In the video , Cantlie describes weapons from a U.S. airdrop that he says made their way into the hands of ISIS -- a claim the group also made last week . The airdrops were sent to help Kurdish forces fighting to defend the city . A U.S. official said last week that one of 28 bundles dropped in and around Kobani drifted away from its target zone . The U.S. military said it went back and blasted it . CNN 's Jennifer Deaton , Ivan Watson , Holly Yan and Wolf Blitzer contributed to this report .
Director : Analyst : ` ` It was designed to show that he 's relaxed ... but clearly he 's under attack '' In the video , British hostage John Cantlie in border town of Kobani is under ISIL control . ISIL has released other videos showing John , a hostage for nearly two years .