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		</div><p>Hundreds of people including Islamic State militants have evacuated their last foothold in eastern Syria, hours after US-backed Syrian fighters said they had slowed their advance because the extremists were using civilians as human shields.</p>
<p>Despite the hindrance, Mustafa Bali, a spokesman for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, said the battle to retake Baghouz, the last territory in Syria held by IS, was “going to be over soon”.</p>
<p>Later today, an SDF official said 500 people, including fighters, had surrendered and evacuated the village of Baghouz and its surrounding areas.</p>
<p>The official added that 200 more are expected to evacuate the village later.</p>
<p><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/7D6FD590-E3EA-4031-AC5B-1D2F068585BC.jpeg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-127181" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/7D6FD590-E3EA-4031-AC5B-1D2F068585BC.jpeg" alt="" width="1082" height="486" /></a></p>
<p>Dozens of men, women and children climbed hills on foot and were seen getting into small trucks after they were searched by SDF fighters manning the evacuation corridor.</p>
<p>An SDF spokeswoman said the offensive has slowed down but pressure is being kept up away from the corridor to prevent fighters from infiltrating or sabotaging the area.</p>
<p>The US-backed forces resumed their offensive on Baghouz on Friday after a two-week pause to allow for the evacuation of civilians.</p>
<p>Retaking the sliver of land would be a milestone in the devastating four-year campaign to end IS’s self-proclaimed “caliphate” that once straddled a vast territory across Syria and Iraq.</p>
<p>“We’re slowing down the offensive” due to a small number of civilians held as human shields, Mr Bali said.</p>
<figure id="attachment_127180" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-127180" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/BE5E4364-E81B-4F50-A584-C985A745F862.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-127180" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/BE5E4364-E81B-4F50-A584-C985A745F862.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="338" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-127180" class="wp-caption-text">An SDF fighter watches smoke billow from the last small piece of territory held by Islamic State militants</figcaption></figure>
<p>On Sunday, black smoke billowed over the besieged speck of land in the village after air strikes hit several targets.</p>
<p>SDF fighters had tightened the noose on the militants the day before, advancing from two fronts and cutting off access to the river in Baghouz.</p>
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