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Columns of black smoke billow from the last small piece of territory held by Islamic State militants as US backed fighters pounded the area with artillery fire and occasional airstrikes in Baghouz, Syria
THOUSANDS of people, including Islamic State (Isis) terrorists, left the last jihadist stronghold in Syria and surrendered to the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), it was confirmed today.
Head of the SDF press office, Mustafa Bali, tweeted that about 3,000 people had left the village of Baghouz, eastern Syria, on Monday through a humanitarian corridor established by the Kurdish-led group for those who wanted to leave or surrender.
“Slowing down the offensive in Baghouz yesterday, we managed to evacuate about 3,000 [people] from the Isis pocket through the corridor we opened,” he said. “A large number of Daesh jihadists surrendered to our forces among the same group overnight.”
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