BAGHOUZ: Daesh unleashed car bombs against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) assaulting Baghouz, in a last-ditch effort to stave off defeat in its final patch of territory, fighters from the US-backed force said on Sunday. But there was no sign of the assault ending by Sunday afternoon as Daesh fighters — believed to be predominantly foreign extremists — put up fierce resistance and the SDF said its advance was impeded by landmines and car bombs. Daesh “fighters have been using suicide vests and car bombs to slow down the SDF offensive and hide from Coalition strikes in the area of Baghouz,” Colonel Sean Ryan said. The SDF said that several car bombs were destroyed by coalition air strikes in the past two days and that SDF fighters had destroyed three other car bombs targeting SDF positions. Over the past few weeks, people poured out of the shrinking Daesh territory in greater numbers than expected, holding up the final assault.

Source: Pakistan Today March 03, 2019 22:30 UTC