Daily Mail: ISIS militants are using civilian human shields as they fight US-backed troops in their last remaining Syrian stronghold but 'will still be defeated soon'
* The Kurdish SDF say the battle for Baghouz 'will be over soon' despite the use of human shields by ISIS
* A fire storm rained down over the weekend as the Kurds resumed their shelling of the last stronghold in Syria
* Hundreds of ISIS extremists are cowering behind women and children in the starving, disease-riddled town
* Some 150 militants, including foreign jihadists, are now understood to have surrendered to US-backed forces
ISIS militants are using civilians as human shields in the fight against US-backed troops in their last remaining Syrian stronghold.
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and its allies from the US-led coalition rained down a fire storm over the weekend on the dregs of the regime at Baghouz in eastern Syria.
Spokesman for the Kurdish SDF forces Mustafa Bali said that the battle 'will be over soon' despite a painstaking effort to evacuate women and children from the town.
An SDF official said today that some 500 people, including ISIS fighters, have surrendered and evacuated the village and its surrounding areas, with 200 more expected to leave later on.
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Hundreds in Syria's Baghouz 'surrender' amid slowdown in fighting -- Al Jazeera
Hundreds leave ISIS pocket of Baghouz in mass surrender -- The National
150 ISIS fighters surrender after fleeing final foothold in Syria -- NYPost
Syria rebels slow down battle against ISIL to protect civilians -- Al Jazeera
Fire and bombs amid the palm groves: This is what the final battle against ISIS looks like -- The Washington Post
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