OMAR OIL FIELD (SYRIA) - Islamic State group jihadists using tunnels and suicide bombers were mounting a desperate defence Thursday of their last square kilometre in eastern Syria. The jihadists are clinging to about one square kilometre in the town's built-up area, as well as to an adjacent camp, where a number of civilians are believed to be gathered. - Tunnels -"There are many tunnels in Baghouz now. There was so much bombing in Baghouz that it was safer for us to sleep in the open," she told AFP. Afrin said SDF forces tuning their walkie-talkies on the jihadists' frequencies "can hear them speak in Arabic but also in Turkish, French and English."

Source: Bangkok Post February 14, 2019 10:18 UTC