General attack on the last IS stronghold in Syria
IS is believed to be mainly concentrated in the Badiya desert and has claimed to carry out numerous attacks on territories controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
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| SDF evacuates people from Baghouz to launch final campaign against IS. Source: AFP/VNA |
On March 1, Middle Eastern media quoted a statement by the spokesman for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Mr. Mustefa Bali, announcing that the SDF launched the final attack on the last stronghold of the Islamic State (IS) in Eastern Syria on the same day.
In a statement, Mr. Bali stated: "The campaign to eliminate the last IS stronghold has begun."
The SDF has been closing in on this IS stronghold since September last year and there are still a few hundred IS remnants entrenched in a small area.
In Syria, IS is believed to be mainly concentrated in the Badiya desert and has claimed to carry out numerous attacks on SDF-controlled territories.
Previously, hundreds of IS gunmen, mostly foreign fighters, surrendered to the SDF.
The SDF, which is backed by the US, launched a campaign to drive IS out of Deir Ezzor in September last year./.
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