In a desert in Syria, 500 men who fled the last Islamic State stronghold sit under guard. But nobody predicted how many women and children were still inside the 'caliphate's' last holdout.
Even for the US-backed forces that surrounded Baghouz — the last holdout of the Islamic State in eastern Syria — the number of fighters and civilians to surrender was surprising.An aid worker estimates 20,000 have fled the last IS stronghold in the past month, some seriously injuredWomen and children among the latest group to leave will be taken to Kurdish controlled camps
Up to 500 men fled the enclave and handed themselves in two days after the Kurdish-led forces began the last offensive against the terrorist group. Islamic State fighters from Iraq, Belgium, France and other nations sit together in the desert under the watchful guard of coalition soldiers.Two-and-a-half thousand of them were put on trucks and taken to a processing area to be checked for explosives and hidden weapons.The women who left the last IS stronghold will join thousands of others in nearby camps while the men are taken to prison or handed over to the Iraqi authorities.
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