Hundreds of people left the last area controlled by Islamic State fighters in eastern Syria today, in the latest wave of evacuations from the al-Baghuz enclave on the outskirts of Deir ez-Zor.
The exodus came three days after US-backed forces continued to press the extremists hiding in al-Baghuz on the banks of the Euphrates River, near the Iraqi border.
The spokesman of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Mustafa Bali, announced on Twitter that yesterday about three thousand people left the village on the banks of the Euphrates River, near the Iraqi border, through a humanitarian corridor established by pro-Kurdish forces for those who want to leave or surrender.
He, however, warned that a large number of extremists were among those who left the place, as they were surrounded by the Syrian Democratic Forces, and that it is not known how many more fighters of the Islamic State and civilians remained in the place, although that number is now reduced to several hundred.
Bali stated three days ago that only the terrorists remained in the village, since the SDF forces completed the evacuation of civilians from al-Baghuz and freed their fighters who were kidnapped by Islamic State extremists.
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