Hundreds more people of many nationalities streamed out of Islamic State's ...
DEIR AL-ZOR PROVINCE, Syria - Hundreds more people of many nationalities streamed out of Islamic State’s last enclave in Syria under escort from U.S.-backed forces on Wednesday, part of an exodus of both its supporters and victims from its final shred of land.
Around 40,000 people have come out over three months, including 15,000 since the Syrian Democratic Forces announced a final assault to capture it on Feb. 9, said SDF spokesman Mustafa Bali. Some 78 people have died reaching the camp or soon afterwards over three months, the World Health Organisation said, two-thirds of them babies. The International Rescue Committee , an aid agency working in northeast Syria, said it was aware of two more babies dying on Wednesday.
“Our special forces investigate the identities of the men in case there are terrorists who infiltrate with civilians,” said Bali.
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