Women walk with children near the village of Baghouz in the Deir Az Zor province [File: Rodi Said/Reuters] Thousands of people, including armed fighters, have left the last area held by ISIL in Syria, a spokesperson for the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said. Mostafa Bali of the SDF tweeted that about 3,000 people had come out of the … Continue reading ISIL fighters ‘surrender in large numbers’ in final Syria enclave About 3,000 people came out of Baghouz in eastern Syria through a humanitarian corridor, US-backed SDF rebels say.