British ISIS terrorists surrender to US-backed forces amid Baghuz offensive

British fighters are among hundreds of Islamic State jihadists who surrendered to Western-backed forces in eastern Syria, a senior commander has said.

Some 400-500 people, including Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) fighters left the village of Baghuz on Monday, in the latest sign that fanatical resistance inside the terror group’s last village is crumbling.

“There are different nationalities: Iraqi, French, Russian, English. I don’t have the exact number at this moment, but they are all fighters,” Adnam Afrin, the commander of Syrian Democratic Forces in the area, told the Telegraph.

“Usually we don’t like it when Isil surprises us, but this surprise is a good one,” he told the Telegraph, referring to the unexpected number of prisoners.

The surrenders came after the SDF called a ceasefire to allow non-combatants and fighters wishing to surrender to leave. Mr Afrin said the battle was not over and that the assault would shortly resume against the remaining terrorists.

Media outlets run by the Kurdish-led authority in eastern Syria said most of those surrendering were from central Asia and the Middle East. SDF fighters often use “Russians” as short hand for any Isil member from the former Soviet Union.

The Telegraph saw hundreds of men and women at a prisoner processing site in the desert on Monday afternoon.

They sat in silence, their heads bowed as they waited to be called one by one for interrogation by heavily armed US special forces soldiers.

Several of the men were of non-Arab appearance. Journalists were not allowed access to the prisoners and the Telegraph was unable to immediately confirm the presence of British citizens.

The dazed men sitting on the desert plateau are the remnants of a once powerful force that brought terror to millions across Iraq and Syria.

Source: Telegraph