Al Jazeera: US-backed Kurds launch final push against ISIL in Syria
More than 20,000 civilians were evacuated from ISIL area in eastern province as 'decisive' battle begins.
US-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian forces say they have begun the final push to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group in the last pocket it holds in eastern Syria.
"The SDF have started to launch ... the decisive battle to finish off the remaining ISIL terrorists in the village of Baghouz," Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) spokesman Mustafa Bali said in Arabic on Twitter.
Bali tweeted that the offensive began Saturday after more than 20,000 civilians were evacuated from the ISIL-held area in the eastern province of Deir Az Zor.
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WNU editor: According to news reports there is very little fighting in this last enclave. In short .... there will be no last stand in this battle.
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