Key events – Hundreds of people are leaving Baghouz, the last hold-out of ISIS, to al-Hol camp in Hasekeh, where the number is day by day increasing and around 40,000 refugees are currently being held. – The number of surrendered and imprisoned IS fighters is increasing significantly (exact amount not confirmed). The majority of worldwide […]
Original article by Sylvain Mercadier, Middle East Eye, UK, Feb 23, 2019 A group of female volunteers from the HPC-Jin organisation (Civilian Defence Forces – Women) are meeting with other women from the community and are giving them basic training, showing them how to mount and dismount an AK-47, as well as how to use the […]
Original article by Oriol Andrés Gallart, Cadena SER, Spain, Feb 23, 2019 Cientos de extranjeros viajaron a Siria e Irak para luchar en las filas de Estado Islámico. Ahora que el autoproclamado “califato” de 2014 llega a su fin, los países europeos deben decidir cómo gestionar el retorno de estos yihadistas con pasaporte comunitario que […]
Original article by Julia Wartmann, Wochenzeitung, Feb 21, 2019 Schon bald dürfte der sogenannte Islamische Staat in Syrien militärisch besiegt sein. Umso dringender stellt sich die Frage: Was geschieht nun mit den Menschen in den zurückeroberten Gebieten? Der Sieg über die Terrororganisation Islamischer Staat (IS) steht kurz bevor – jedenfalls wenn man den markigen Worten des US-Präsidenten […]
Chloe Troadec spokes to Joseph Shephard, BBC Radio, about current situation in Deir-ez-Zor region, Feb 21, 2019
Key events: ISIS’ physical caliphate reduced to last few hundred square meters, not eradicated yet due to civilian presence: Read more ISIS sleeper cell attacks on the increase across North East Syria: Read more more than 1000 ISIS members believed to have fled into Iraq with up to $200million in cash in last 6 months: […]
Original article by ITV, 17 Feb, 2019 From a self-proclaimed caliphate that once spread across much of Syria and Iraq, the Islamic State group has been knocked back to a speck of land on the countries’ shared border. In that tiny patch on the banks of the Euphrates River, hundreds of militants are hiding among […]
about the on-going fights in Baghouz to Rojava Information Center, Feb 12, 2019 Update on the situation in Baghouz? Is it true there’s only 1KM² left? Now, the war in Baghouz can be described as taking place in a very limited space. Before we said 4 kilometres, or 2 kilometres, or 1 kilometre… but because […]
Adnan Afrin, commander in charge of final operation in Baghuz to Rojava Information Center, 14 Feb, 2019 “There are civilians now surrendering to SDF, civilians who were living in ISIS territory. The civilians who are living in Baghoz, it’s a significant number, around 1600. Those who are surrendering are ISIS families. Before, we stopped the […]
Original article by Richard Hall, Independent, Feb 15, 2019 The Isis caliphate has been reduced to a few dozen tents in a small village in eastern Syria, where several hundred fighters are hiding among civilians. Dozens of hardened Isis members have surrendered over the past few days as the group has been surrounded in an […]
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