IS faces final defeat as last bastion falls
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Islamic State faced imminent defeat in its final enclave yesterday as hundreds of jihadist fighters and their families surrendered and the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said the battle was as good as over.
The besieged enclave of Baghouz is the last shred of territory held by the jihadists who have been driven from roughly one third of Iraq and Syria over the past four years.
A Reuters journalist in Baghouz saw hundreds of people surrendering to the SDF, which launched its final attack to capture Baghouz on Sunday, backed by US-led international coalition airstrikes and after weeks of siege.
SDF official Mustafa Bali said a large group of Islamic State fighters and their families had surrendered en masse.
鈥淥nce our forces confirm that everyone who wants to surrender has done so ... the clashes will resume,鈥 he said. The jihadists鈥 defeat was very near, he said.
The Baghouz enclave was pounded overnight with barrages of rockets and fires raged inside, but the situation was calm yesterday morning.
鈥淭he operation is over, or as good as over, but requires a little more time to be completed practically on the ground,鈥 said SDF spokesman Kino Gabriel.
The SDF has been laying siege to Baghouz for weeks but repeatedly postponed its final assault to allow the evacuation of thousands of civilians, many of them wives and children of Islamic State fighters. It finally resumed the attack on Sunday, backed by coalition airstrikes.
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