| Map and some photos at the link. |
[PULSE.NG] US-backed forces said Sunday thousands of people were believed to still be inside the last Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group enclave in eastern Syria, as they sought to flush out die-hard fighters with sporadic shelling.
Tens of thousands of dishevelled women, children and men have streamed out of the IS-held village of Baghouz near the Iraqi border in recent weeks -- and they still keep coming. |