US-backed SDF militants evacuates more civilians from Daesh's last Syrian stronghold, the village of Baghouz
Daesh terrorists are fiercely defending their riverside hamlet after the US-backed forces resumed their offensive on Friday night, following a two-week pause to allow for civilian evacuations.AFP
The thousands that have poured out of Baghouz have posed a huge humanitarian challenge in camps for the displaced in northeast Syria. Around 90 people, mostly children under the age of five, have died en route to the shelter or shortly after arriving, OCHA said.Daesh terrorists are massively outnumbered and the SDF say they expect a victory within days.
At its peak more than four years ago, the proto-state created by Daesh was the size of the United Kingdom and administered millions of people.
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