A man suspected of belonging to Islamic State walks past members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) just after leaving IS' last holdout of Baghouz. Photo: AFP A man suspected of belonging to Islamic State walks past members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) just after leaving IS' last holdout of Baghouz. Photo: AFP
A man suspected of belonging to Islamic State walks past members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) just after leaving IS' last holdout of Baghouz. Photo: AFP
Islamic State
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‘3,000 surrender’ as Islamic State nears defeat in last Syria bastion Baghouz

  • Baghouz is the last populated remnant of Islamic State’s ‘caliphate’
  • Thousands of fighters’ wives and children have fled the pocket

Topic |   Islamic State
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse

Updated: 12:11pm, 13 Mar, 2019

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A man suspected of belonging to Islamic State walks past members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) just after leaving IS' last holdout of Baghouz. Photo: AFP A man suspected of belonging to Islamic State walks past members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) just after leaving IS' last holdout of Baghouz. Photo: AFP
A man suspected of belonging to Islamic State walks past members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) just after leaving IS' last holdout of Baghouz. Photo: AFP
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