Jihadists emerge from tunnels to surrender after 'caliphate' falls

Islamic State group jihadists emerged from tunnels to surrender to US-backed forces in eastern Syria on Sunday, a Kurdish spokesman said, a day after their "caliphate" was declared defeated.

"They are IS fighters who came out of tunnels and surrendered today," Jiaker Amed said, without specifying how many.

An AFP reporter saw dozens of people -- mostly men -- file out of the battered jihadist encampment in the remote village of Baghouz to board pickup trucks.