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Some 150 Islamic State fighters have surrendered to US-backed forces in Baghouz, the extremist group’s last enclave in eastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitoring group said on Monday.
The IS fighters were among more than 400 people to leave the area on Monday after the US-backed rebels staged an assault in recent days, the Observatory said.
Mustafa Bali, a spokesman for the Kurdish-led rebels, tweeted on Monday that the battle to retake IS-held Baghouz “is going to be over soon”.
Ciyager, an official with the rebels, said that 200 more people were expected to be evacuated from the village later in the day.

Dozens of men, women and children climbed hills on foot and were later seen getting into small trucks after they were searched by rebel fighters.
A rebel spokeswoman said that the offensive has slowed down but that pressure is being kept up away from the evacuation corridor to prevent fighters from infiltrating or sabotaging the area.
She spoke on condition of anonymity because she was not authorised to speak on this issue.
Associated Press, Reuters


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TOPSHOT - A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) runs for cover during shelling on the Islamic State group's last holdout of Baghouz, in the eastern Syrian Deir Ezzor province on March 3, 2019. - Kurdish-led forces backed by US warplanes rained artillery fire and air strikes on besieged and outgunned jihadists making a desperate last stand in a Syrian village. (Photo by Delil souleiman / AFP)

Smoke billows after the shelling of Baghouz on Saturday. Photo: AFP

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Fire from fighting is seen in Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria. Photo: Reuters

A still image taken from a video posted online purports to show fighters firing rifles towards IS targets in Baghouz, Syria, March 2, 2019. Social Media Website/ via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Columns of black smoke rise from the last small piece of territory held by Islamic State militants as U.S. backed fighters pound the area with artillery fire and occasional airstrikes, as seen from outside Baghouz, Syria, Sunday, March 3, 2019. Commanders of a U.S.-backed Syrian force fighting the Islamic State group in Syria say intense fighting is taking place as fighters advance toward the last piece of territory held by the extremists. (AP Photo/Sarah El-Deeb)

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Smoke billows after shelling on the Islamic State (IS) group’s last holdout of Baghouz, in the eastern Syrian Deir Ezzor province on March 2, 2019. Photo: AFP

ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATH A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) delivers care to Hareth Najem, an Iraqi orphan, near the village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria March 1, 2019. Picture taken March 1, 2019. REUTERS/Rodi Said

A fighter from Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) holds a baby near the village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria March 1, 2019. REUTERS/Rodi Said TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

TOPSHOT - A man from Bosnia suspected of being an Islamic State (IS) group fighter is searched by members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) after leaving the IS group's last holdout of Baghouz, in Syria's northern Deir Ezzor province on March 1, 2019. (Photo by Bulent KILIC / AFP)

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Women walk with their belongings near the village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria. Photo: Reuters

FILE PHOTO: A girl looks on, near the village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria February 26, 2019. REUTERS/Rodi Said/File Photo

FILE PHOTO: A girl takes a stack of bread from a fighter of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) near the village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria February 27, 2019. REUTERS/Rodi Said TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY/File Photo

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Rebel spokesman said battle to retake IS-held territory ‘is going to be over soon’