Syria force battles into last jihadist pocket

Kurdish-led forces battled jihadists defending their last village on Saturday as operations to flush out the Islamic State group from eastern Syria resumed after several days of humanitarian evacuations.The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces pushed into Baghouz, a tiny hamlet near the Iraqi border where IS fighters have been making a desperate last stand.As the sun rose above the palm trees lining the Euphrates River, the crackle and thud of gunfire and shelling echoed across the countryside whi