Bali refutes rumors spread about releasing IS detainees

HOGIR NAJJAR /DEIR-EZ-ZOR

The last stage of the "Battle to Defeat Terrorism" continues to eradicate IS in the final pocket in al-Baguz village, which launched on Feb,9,2019, and thousands of the civilians have been liberated from IS clutches, who used them as human shields

As for the progress of the liberation operations in al-Baguz area Hawar news agency has met with the Director of the Media Center of the Syrian Democratic Forces, Mustafa Bali, in the lines near the fronts of Deir-ez-Zor.

Bali, confirmed that their operations against IS mercenaries are still continuing in the last pocket, where IS mercenaries are hiding there, taking into consideration the security and safety of civilians.

He noted that they and through special teams of the Syrian Democratic forces were able to liberate two thousand to three thousand civilians and their delivery to the safe areas yesterday "He said," According to the information we obtained, there is inside the besieged area, where IS mercenaries are holed up, thousands of civilians and IS mercenaries' families."

He said that with the start of any campaign for the Syrian Democratic Forces, there are special forces within SDF, whose mission is to liberate civilians through the special missions and safe roads they have been establishing since the beginning of the campaign. By our own forces after the declaration of the liberation of al- Baguz, to maintain the safety of the remaining civilians. "

"They will continue to get civilians out of that area. The mercenaries who remain have tow choice either surrendering themselves, or they will be eliminated," he said. "Soon al- Baguz will be liberated, IS will be eliminated geography."

Many rumors have spread that SDF after arresting IS, they are releasing them, Bali said, That SDF is not the body authorized to release any person who was arrested after being arrested on the front lines is handed over to the security institutions in the north of Syria, for their part, these institutions take all their actions against them. Whoever has a hand in killing the Syrian people will not be released, but there are those who have had to live in mercenary control areas and work there, as well as the number of IS mercenaries arrested in recent days, Bali said that there is no specific number, but hundreds, pointing out that some of them trying to hide between civilians and escape, so there is no final outcome.

There are more than 200 journalists from all over the world on the front lines, covering all the liberties of civilians and the battles there," he said. "We did not have meetings or agreements with IS mercenaries and would never be, stressing that it is their task to hide the truth and show it to serve their interests and orientations.

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ANHA