SDF officials initially said more than 5,000 IS fighters had been captured or surrendered in the more than a month leading up to the group’s territorial defeat in the northeastern town of Baghuz
Thousands of civilians have been evacuated from Baghuz, Syria, in the past two days as U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces continue battling to recapture the last stronghold of Islamic State in Syria. Among those civilians are hundreds of IS families