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From the Liveblog of Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Hundreds limp out of besieged Syria jihadist enclave

6 March 2019, 2:24 pm

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Veiled women carrying babies and wounded men on crutches hobble out of Baghouz after US-backed forces pummel the last jihadist village in eastern Syria.

The Syrian Democratic Forces leading the assault expect more fighters to surrender with their families in tow before moving deeper in the Islamic State group’s last redoubt.

The tiny village on the banks of the Euphrates River where diehard IS fighters have made a bloody last stand has regurgitated unexplained numbers of people.

Civilians evacuated from the Islamic State group’s embattled holdout of Baghouz wait at a screening area held by the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor, on March 5, 2019 (Bulent KILIC / AFP)

Kurdish officers in the SDF and aid groups have voiced their surprise that the flow of evacuees never seemed to dry up after weeks of evacuations.

— AFP

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