SDF says it has taken positions in ISIS Syria camp

US-backed militiamen have taken positions in ISIS’ last enclave in eastern Syria, they said late on Sunday (March 17), after pounding the tiny patch of land by the banks of the Euphrates.

“Several positions captured and an ammunition storage has been blown up,” said Mustafa Bali, a spokesman for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia, on Twitter.

The enclave resembles an encampment, filled with stationary vehicles and rough shelters with blankets or tarpaulins that could be seen flapping in the wind on Sunday during a lull in fighting as people walked among them.

Backed by air power and special forces from a US-led coalition, the SDF has pushed ISIS from almost the entire northeastern corner of Syria, defeating it in Raqqa in 2017 and driving it to its last enclave at Baghouz last year.

However, while its defeat at Baghouz will end its control of populated land in the third of Syria and Iraq that it captured in 2014, the group will remain a threat, regional and Western officials say.

Based on Reuters