Waves Of People Are Still Leaving The Islamic State's Last Syrian Enclave

ABC News Online: Islamic State fighters hand themselves in as noose tightens around last Syrian stronghold

Around 1,000 Islamic State fighters have handed themselves in to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) after negotiating their surrender from the last stronghold in Baghouz.

At a clearing ground just outside the battlefield, the ABC spoke to a group of IS fighters who were pleading for medical treatment.

An Egyptian man said the group came out as part of a negotiated surrender.

"They say they have a deal that the injured people have to go to hospital to get care, then everybody will go to jail and we say, 'OK, we are happy to get out of this fight".

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WNU Editor: All of the people who are leaving this last enclave are starving and thirsty .... and there are many of them. I could be wrong, but it looks like the U.S. led-coalition decided to use hunger and the need for water to force a surrender from the last fighters and their families. Why launch an attack when starvation and thirst are more effective weapons, and all that you need is time to work its course. And by the look on the thousands who have surrendered in the past few days, it has worked.

More News On The Islamic State's "Last Stand" In Syria

Death and desperation as Islamic State makes final stand in last stronghold Baghouz -- SKY News
Islamic State fighters hand themselves in as noose tightens around last Syrian stronghold -- ABC News Online
Heads bowed to the ground, suspected IS members surrender -- AP
Waves of people still leaving Islamic State's last Syrian enclave -- Reuters
From Last Islamic State Village, an Exodus Without End -- VOA
Islamic State's final fighters hold on in Baghouz as caliphate crumbles -- ITV News