US-backed forces said Sunday thousands of people were believed to still be inside the last Islamic State group enclave in eastern Syria, as they ...
BAGHOUZ, Syria: US-backed forces said Sunday thousands of people were believed to still be inside the last Islamic State group enclave in eastern Syria, as they sought to flush out die-hard fighters with sporadic shelling.
But SDF spokesman Kino Gabriel told a news conference Sunday that according to the latest group that quit the pocket,"an estimated 5,000 people" are still holed up inside.He cautioned, however, that the SDF has not been able to verify that figure. An additional 34,000 civilians have been evacuated from the Islamic State redoubt over the same period, he said.
On Friday, Islamic State launched three suicide attacks outside Baghouz, killing six people as they fled the village.Ali Khalaf Ibrahim, an SDF fighter, told AFP on Sunday that the jihadists were putting up a strong defence.
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