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Exodus From ISIS-Held Territory Continues In Deir Ezzor

January 17 2019

Syria

About 2,200 people have left ISIS territory in Deir Ezzor province in eastern Syria as their towns are evacuated by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), reports the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 

Over a period of 24 hours, the group, mostly Iraqi women and children, left for territory controlled by the SDF, the U.K.-based monitoring group said on Wednesday. 

About 180 suspected ISIS fighters were among the group. 

Since Jan. 12, the SDF has dispatched buses to move people away...

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