Surprised by the reason America has not destroyed IS

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), the last area controlled by the self-proclaimed Islamic State terrorist organization in Eastern Syria is just a village called Baghuz with an area of ​​4 square kilometers.

Currently, IS is holding out here with about 600 gunmen and many high-ranking leaders, however this force does not have heavy weapons.

In addition, SOHR said that the US military and the Syrian Democratic Forces have blocked all the roads in and out of this village. They isolated and surrounded all the IS fighters there. SOHR also assessed that there were no civilians present in the village.

However, the reason why the US-SDF coalition has not yet leveled Baghuz village is because IS there is still keeping secret about 40 tons of gold. This amount of gold was stolen by the terrorist group from treasuries they previously controlled, or from smuggling antiquities and oil.

According to SOHR's ​​report on February 12, the US military set a condition that if the IS fighters abandoned their positions and handed over all the gold, the US military would open a retreat route for the IS fighters. In addition, the commanders would be taken to an undisclosed safe location.

This is the latest information about why the US has not ended the campaign in Baghuz village. Previously, there was information from the Syrian army that the US and IS had an agreement to help IS leaders escape from the battlefield.

According to information from General Mohammad Issa of the Syrian state army, Washington and IS have reached an agreement, according to which the gunmen will be evacuated to a safe place or allowed to return to each locality and turn into sleeper cells to wait for another opportunity to rebel.