U.S.-backed Syrian forces were on Thursday sweeping through the final enclave th...
BAGHOUZ, Syria - U.S.-backed Syrian forces were on Thursday sweeping through the final enclave that had been held by Islamic State fighters, and said they would declare the group defeated once a search for hidden mines and jihadist holdouts was complete.
Bali told Reuters the operation included sweeping for mines and combing for fighters still hidden in trenches and tunnels beneath Baghouz, the last patch of Islamic State territory. The situation in Baghouz appeared calm for a second consecutive day, a Reuters journalist in Baghouz said. Warplanes with the U.S.-led coalition, including drones, could be seen overhead.
“These women and children are in the worst condition we have seen since the crisis first began. Many have been caught up in the fighting and dozens have been burnt or badly injured by shrapnel,” Wendy Taeuber, IRC’s Iraq and northeast Syria country director, said in a statement.“We are expecting another 3,000 to arrive soon and we are very worried that they may be in even worse shape.”
Of the 1,248 pregnant women and girls in the camp, up to 15 percent were aged below 18, most of them aged 14-15, the UNFPA said.
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