According to the Syrian Observatory for human Rights is the last stronghold in Eastern Syria this morning, cases. The last hundreds of IS fighters would have surrendered to the military coalition under the leadership of the Kurds. Confirmation of the message is not there yet.

All for weeks of heavy battle in and around Baghouz in the east of Syria. That’s where the last one IS-fighters. In the rest of the country, IS already defeated.

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Now so I could Baghouz this morning are cases. The last fighters surrendered to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the coalition led by the Kurds and the support of the USA. That does not mean that the area is already completely liberated. Different militants would still be able to stop in underground networks in the enclave. the

Hundreds of civilians have been the last few weeks fled from Baghouz. Most of the civilians are foreigners, among whom women and children from Germany and France. According to the Syrian observatory, which relies on local sources, over the past few months over 37,000 people to the SDF-area fled. It mainly goes to families of jihadist fighters.

IS called in 2014 a caliphate in Syria and Iraq, but there remains now nothing more about it. The SDF siege of the jihadists in their last stronghold in the east of Syria. The international anti-IS coalition argued Tuesday that the organization is not without struggle won. “The enemy is fully entrenched and IS fighters continue to counter attacks”, said a spokesman. “The coalition remains where possible, targets to harass.”