Is Daesh really fighting its last battle in a far off Syrian village?
Daesh members walk in the last besieged neighborhood in the village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria on March 10 2019.
Spread over a territory measuring just half a square kilometre, Baghouz is located on the banks of the Euphrates River, close to the Syria-Iraq border. , controlling large swathes of territory from northeastern Syria to northern and western Iraq, including highly populated cities like Mosul and Raqqa. But the US-backed SDF militants and other foreign and local forces have contributed to what seems to be the final defeat of the terror group.
at least 500 militants along with 4,000 women and children are holed up in the village. The SDF has laid siege from three different directions, with Syrian regime forces manning the other side of the river. watching any Daesh movement
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