A map of the last remaining ISIS territory in Syria in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor, where US-backed coalition forces have held a brutal siege
Daily Mail: Fleeing jihadi brides say last remnants of ISIS 'caliphate' are a 'catastrophic' hell as evacuation of civilians ends today ahead of final battle with US-backed forces
* Conditions inside Baghouz were described as 'catastrophic' by one fleeing bride
* More than 7,000 - mostly women and children - have fled in the last two days
* A few hundred ISIS fighters remain as they seek to be martyred on the final field
* US-backed Kurdish militia, the SDF, are to resumed their ferocious siege today
Jihadi brides fleeing the last remnants of the ISIS 'caliphate' say they have left behind a 'catastrophic' hell, as the evacuation of civilians will be halted today ahead of a final battle.
One woman described how the town of Baghouz in eastern Syria was subjected to constant bombings and fires, saying: 'you would wake up and everything was destroyed.'
More than 7,000 - mostly women and children, as well as some suspected ISIS fighters - have been packed out of the town in the last two days.
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) say they will resume their ferocious siege on the last few hundred jihadists today after helping people to surrender.
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