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A new group of ISIS fighters surrendered to the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the middle Euphrates River Valley on February 23, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
The UK-based monitoring group revealed that some of the fighters were Yazidi children, who had been abducted by the terrorist group from the Sinjar mount in northern Iraq during the brutal attack in August 2014. These children were brainwashed by ISIS and then forced to join the infamous “Cubs of the Caliphate” unit.
US-backed forces have been evacuating civilians from the last ISIS stronghold in the Euphrates Valley for more than two months now. During the evacuation process, dozens of Yazidis were freed from the hands of the terrorist group.
Despite these efforts, more than 3,000 Yazidis are still missing, according to recent reports. Activists fear that many of them were killed by heavy US-led coalition bombardment or even executed by ISIS fighters.
The SDF and special forces from the US, the UK and France are now preparing to storm the last ISIS positions. This is a complicated mission considering that the remaining terrorists are using civilians as human shields.
