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US-backed Syria force resumes evacuations from last Islamic State redoubt

Published: 25 Feb 2019 - 05:20 pm | Last Updated: 02 Nov 2021 - 02:06 am
Men suspected of being Islamic State (IS) fighters wait to be 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 February 22, 2019. / AFP /

Men suspected of being Islamic State (IS) fighters wait to be 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 February 22, 2019. / AFP /

AFP

Near Baghouz, Syria: US-backed forces on Monday carried out a fresh round of evacuations from the Islamic State group's last shred of territory in Syria, after a two-day lull.

An AFP correspondent saw more than 30 trucks crammed with people approaching an outpost for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of the jihadist holdout.