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Civilians evacuated from last Islamic State holdout in Syria

Feb 20, 2019 | 4:58 AM

BAGHOUZ, Syria — A convoy of trucks carrying civilians has left the last enclave held by Islamic State militants in eastern Syria.

An Associated Press team says at least eight trucks emerged Wednesday from the tip of a humanitarian corridor used in past weeks to evacuate people from the militants’ last patch of territory along the Euphrates River.

Women, children and men could be seen aboard the trucks.