Kurdish militias have resumed the offensive on the last redoubt of the "caliphate" of the Islamic State after the evacuation of civilians

(Intense fighting around Al Baguz – @HosengHesen / @ _ Caki _ / @ DefenseUnitsYPJ)

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish-led militias, on Wednesday seized several positions controlled by the Islamic State jihadist group (ISIS) in the town of Al Baguz. the last bastion of extremists in eastern Syria, informed Efe a spokesman for the Kurdish militias.

For its part, the aviation of the international coalition, led by the United States and which supports the SDF, has not bombed the areas in which the parties are facing the "short distance" in which they are fighting SDF units and jihadists, said Gabriel.

The units of the SDF, where the Arabs and the Kurds fight, had for several hours controlled several positions on the northeastern city of the city of Al Baguz, located in the province of Deir al-Zur, east of the Iraqi border. "violent fights", said FSD spokesman Kino Gabriel.

Some of these clashes have been shown in a series of videos published by the Kurdish YPG and YPJ militias, led by the SDF.

Although he added that the anti-jihadist alliance has launchedBugs against positions located on the "back" axis of the locality, without offering more details about the operation.

In addition, several ISIS fighters died during the clashes but did not provide an accurate figure.

(This is how the last members of the "caliphate" of Isis live in Al Baguz)

In recent days, the fight against jihadists has intensified in Al-Baguz to end the presence of radicals in their last enclave in Syria afterrepeatedly the military campaign by the presence of a large number of civilians inside the area.

Mustafa Bali, a spokesman for the SDF, said early this morning on his Twitter account that 3,000 ISIS operatives have been out since March 11 in the afternoon and delivered to Kurdish-run units, as well as to three women of the Yezidi minority and four children who had been saved.

The Yezidi religious minority, a community of Kurdish origin settled more than 2,000 years ago in present-day Iraq, comes from a pre-Islamic and syncretic religion which adopts certain precepts of Zoroastrianism, He was one of the most persecuted people by extremists when they proclaimed the "caliphate" in Syria and Iraq in 2014.

In recent weeks, a number of Yazidis have been saved,all women used as bad slaves and children indoctrinated in combat and who have been returned to their families in Iraq.

Al Baguz, in the suburbs of Al Bukamal, is the last Syrian city in the hands of the Islamic State and the last bastion of what was its "caliphate", having lost all its estates in Syria and Syria. Iraq neighbor. The territory they control is less than two square kilometers.

The radical group is still present in some desert areas of central Syria, where he is surrounded by government troops and persists as an influential terrorist group in other countries through communications and "lone wolves".