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March 19, 2019 The ISIS camp in Baghouz, in south-eastern Syria, was subjected to a "total roundup" by US-backed Kurdish-Syrian forces that conquered it. Kurdish sources and the spokesperson of the Syrian Democratic Forces on twitter have announced this.

The counter-offensive of the Syrian Democratic Forces, after the death of the Italian Lorenzo Orsetti, killed during a battle in Baghouz, while fighting alongside the Kurds.

Sources say that during the roundup hundreds of wounded or sick militiamen were captured and transferred to the nearest field hospital. The Kurds confirm that there are still pockets of resistance from militants who have perched close to the Euphrates River.

Mustafa Bali, the US-backed Kurdish militia spokesman, explains: "It is not a victory announcement, but a significant advance in the struggle against Daesh. The clashes continue and a group of ISIS terrorists confined to a small area continues to fight "he added.