MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : BAGHUZ TONIGHT – LATEST UPDATE (SYRIA) – SDF: Final operation in Baghuz begins this evening
“After evacuation of thousands of civilians and our comrades who held hostage in #Baghouz, operation to clear the last remaining pocket of ISIS has just started at 18:00 this evening,” writes Mustafa Bali. After evacuation of thousands of civilians and our comrades who held hostage in #Baghouz, operation to clear the last remaining pocket of ISIS has just started at 18:00 this evening. — Mustafa Bali (@mustefabali) March 1, 2019 There was some controversy over the last 24 hours after Trump had said the area waas 100% clear, and it wasn’t. In short: We and dozens of journalists who are covering the battle here in Baghouz have enough evidence to claim that nothing is over yet. Here is a link showing location of besieged ISIS-held #Baghouz Fawqani on map: Dropped Pinhttps://t.co/DW8dHISvnO pic.twitter.com/ADu3zWWrB0 — zana amedi (@zana_med) February 28, 2019 Zana Amedi notes “Judging by what we’re told by people fled, ISIS is not simply laying down arms and surrendering. Instead they’re preparing to make a last stand which is making it harder to predict a quick ending.” Woofers reports at 19:35 “There is now movement by the SDF to clear the Daesh camp. After this Daesh will have no hard control over anything in Syria.” Helicopters were spotted earlier, although where exactly was not clear, US helicopters in Syria. I think a Chinook pic.twitter.com/ADudCXHd7F More via www.mesop.de |