More civilians, mainly women and children, are on Tuesday, expected to leave the last pocket still under Islamic State control in eastern Syria.
Eastern Syria is where U.S.-backed Syrian force is battling to end the radical groups presence in the area.
“Trucks went into the Baghuz area and we are hoping more civilians will come out today.
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On Monday, the total number of people that came out reached 2,500, mainly women, children and elderly,’’ Adnan Afrin, a commander in the U.S.-allied Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said.
Afrin, however, said he expects that the rest of the civilians will be evacuated in the coming two days.
“From our end we are facilitating the evacuation of the civilians, but Daesh is behind the delay,’’ he added, using the Arabic acronym for Islamic State.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said among the people who left Baghuz on Monday were some 120 members of Islamic State who turned themselves in to SDF.
Hundreds of civilians have been evacuated in the past few days from the village of Baghuz, the last area Islamic State holds in the oil-rich eastern Syria.
Report said SDF command insisted civilians, whom it said were being used as human shields by Islamic State, leave the area before a final battle against the militant group in the area resumes.
Earlier this month, the SDF forces, supported by a U.S.-led alliance, started what it called the final battle aimed at capturing Bahguz.
The SDF forces have played key role in battling Islamic State in northern and eastern Syria. (NAN)
