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Syria conflict: All Syrian Islamic State fighters leave one-time bastion Raqqa, says human rights monitor

Agence France-Presse • October 14, 2017, 14:40:31 IST
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The jihadists left Raqqa with their families, heading to unknown destinations, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

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Syria conflict: All Syrian Islamic State fighters leave one-time bastion Raqqa, says human rights monitor

Kobane (Syria): All Syrian fighters of the Islamic State group have left the jihadists’ one-time bastion of Raqqa and preparations are under way for foreign combatants to leave, a monitor said on Saturday. The jihadists left Raqqa with their families, heading to unknown destinations, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. [caption id=“attachment_3762769” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]Syria. Representational image. AP Representational image. AP[/caption] “All Syrian fighters from the Islamic State group left Raqqa over the past five days,” said Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman, saying they numbered around 200 fighters. A Raqqa official told AFP on Saturday that Syrian Islamic State members had surrendered overnight to the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) battling to take full control of the city, without specifying how many. “Those that surrendered are local, not foreigners - the foreigners have not handed themselves in yet,” the official said. “They sent a message to the Raqqa Civil Council (RCC) and to the tribal mediators.” Members of the RCC — a provisional administration for the city set up by the SDF — had been working with tribal leaders throughout the week to try to secure safe passage for civilians. Hundreds of civilians have managed to flee the battle-ravaged city, which once served as the de facto Syrian capital of the jihadist group. According to Abdel Rahman, up to 150 foreign jihadists remain in the city and negotiations on their fate are still ongoing. “The foreign fighters are asking to leave in one group towards areas under Islamic State control in Deir Ezzor province,” in eastern Syria, he said. But a spokesman for the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), which spearhead the SDF, denied on Saturday that any discussions were taking place for the surrender of the city. “We completely deny any negotiations or deal for the exit of Daesh. Until this very moment, we are fighting Daesh,” Nuri Mahmoud told AFP. Backed by US-led coalition air strikes, the SDF’s Arab and Kurdish fighters have recaptured around 90 percent of Raqqa from Islamic State.

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