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Many ISIS fighters have surrendered amid a lack of food, water and medical supplies. AFP
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Children believed to be from the Yazidi community are pictured after being evacuated from the ISIS embattled holdout of Baghouz. AFP
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The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are waiting for all civilians to leave before 'one final offensive' to liberate the pocket AFP
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Thousands of people, both civilians and fighters, have streamed out of Baghouz in recent weeks. AFP
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The battle for Baghouz is significant because it would represent the end of ISIS’s state project that its leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi announced in July 2014. AFP Photo
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Civilians wait at a screening area held by the SDF. AFP
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"The evacuation operations will continue today too and we hope they will be completed today," SDF commander Adnan Afrin said. AFP
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Many ISIS fighters have surrendered amid a lack of food, water and medical supplies. AFP
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Children believed to be from the Yazidi community are pictured after being evacuated from the ISIS embattled holdout of Baghouz. AFP
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The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are waiting for all civilians to leave before 'one final offensive' to liberate the pocket AFP
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Thousands of people, both civilians and fighters, have streamed out of Baghouz in recent weeks. AFP
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The battle for Baghouz is significant because it would represent the end of ISIS’s state project that its leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi announced in July 2014. AFP Photo
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Civilians wait at a screening area held by the SDF. AFP
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"The evacuation operations will continue today too and we hope they will be completed today," SDF commander Adnan Afrin said. AFP
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Many ISIS fighters have surrendered amid a lack of food, water and medical supplies. AFP
US-backed Syria force hopes for total evacuation of Baghouz
The SDF has said it wants to ensure all civilians have been evacuated from the besieged enclave before launching a final assault
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07 March, 2019
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