More ISIS members leave Syria’s Baghouz

Scores of suspected ISIS members, including foreign fighters, are being screened and searched for concealed weapons and explosives after coming out of the last pocket of territory held by ISIS in Syria.

The men, their faces covered, were divided into three groups - Syrians, Iraqis and those of other nationalities. Their names were taken and they were fingerprinted on Thursday (March 7) outside the eastern Syrian village of Baghouz.

Hundreds have left this week the tiny stretch of land controlled by ISIS along the eastern banks of the Euphrates River in Deir-ez-Zor province.

The SDF was not actively advancing Thursday, out of concern for remaining civilians, but its militiamen entered the settlement two days earlier and control a chunk of it, an SDF source told AFP.

Remaining families have been pushed towards the far end of the camp near the river, he said.

More than 7,000 people have exited the enclave over the past three days, mostly women and children.

Based on AP, AFP