The battle against IS in Syria has entered its 'final hour'.
US-backed forces said Wednesday the Islamic State group was living its"final moments" after thunderous shelling on its last scrap of land in eastern Syria prompted 3,000 jihadists to surrender.
Supported by airstrikes by the US-led coalition against the jihadists, the SDF resumed artillery shelling on Sunday after warning holdout IS fighters their time to surrender was up. The official said the Kurd-led force was pounding jihadists with heavy artillery to hamper the offensive, which IS launched from several fronts following fierce clashes on Tuesday night."This could be their final attack."
After a night of heavy bombardment on Tuesday, SDF spokesman Mustefa Bali said around 3,000 jihadists had handed themselves over to the SDF over the past 24 hours.But an SDF official said on Wednesday that"it appears as though many fighters remain inside" the last pocket. The UN's food agency on Tuesday appealed for urgent funding for the Al-Hol camp, which is receiving the bulk of evacuees.At the height of its brutal rule, IS controlled a stretch of land in Syria and Iraq the size of the United Kingdom.
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