Hundreds of people left the last area held by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria on Tuesday where they gathered in a massive reception area to be searched and screened by U.S.-backed fighters.
A child stands on the back of a truck after being evacuated out of the last territory held by Islamic State militants, outside Baghouz, Syria, Monday, March 4, 2019. Last Updated Tuesday, March 5, 2019 9:44AM EST
Officers from the U.S.-led coalition were seen screening the men who had left the IS-held area to determine if they were militants or civilians. The U.S.-backed forces slowed their push on Baghouz last week to allow civilians to leave the tiny enclave. "I haven't seen him since and don't know where he is," Reem said, adding that she asked repeatedly for his whereabouts before she eventually decided to leave.
Retaking the last IS-held enclave in Baghouz would be a milestone in the devastating four-year campaign to end the group's self-proclaimed caliphate that once covered a vast territory straddling both Syria and Iraq. In Saudi Arabia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with the head of the main Syrian opposition negotiating body.
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