Monday, February 18, 2019

ISIS Militants Besieged In Their Last Syrian Stronghold Are Requesting Safe Passage To Rebel-Held Idlib Province

Syrian Democratic Forces and U.S. troops are seen during a patrol near Turkish border in Hasakah, Syria Nov. 4, 2018. REUTERS/Rodi Said/Files

The Hill: ISIS militants refuse surrender, attempt to negotiate exit

Hundreds of militants fighting for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) are refusing to surrender in the Syrian village of Baghouz despite being surrounded by U.S.-aligned Syrian forces.

The Associated Press reports that militants in the village are surrounded by Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) troops, but are refusing to surrender and are requesting passage to the rebel-held Idlib province in the northwestern part of the country.

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Update #1: Besieged IS militants refuse to surrender, ask for an exit (FOX News/AP)
Update #2: More Than 300 ISIS Militants Refuse To Surrender To US-Backed Syrian Forces, Try To Negotiate Exit (Daily Caller)

WNU Editor: It must be tempting for the SDF to make a deal, and have these militants go to Idlib province where in the end they will the Syrian government's problem. My prediction. They will make a deal.








4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Plus side: The Russians and SA kill them

Negative side: Turkey allows them to rout into Turkey and redeploy to other battlefields

Unknown said...

Make the deal and then annihilate the convoy. Send em too paradise

fazman said...

Exactly, always with the ridiculous deals.

Bob Huntley said...

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