Islamic State was still putting up resistance with weapons including car bombs. The Baghouz enclave was targeted with barrages of rockets overnight and fires raged inside, but the bombardments ceased on Tuesday morning. Three SDF fighters have been killed, Mustafa Bali, head of the SDF media office, said on Twitter. Islamic State’s defenses include extensive tunnels and Islamic State’s most hardened foreign fighters are holed up inside the enclave, the SDF has said. Obdurate support voiced by many evacuees for Islamic State, particularly among foreigners, has posed a complex security, legal and moral challenge.

Source: bd News24 March 12, 2019 12:00 UTC