Qara (Syria) - Around 700 Islamic State (IS) militants and their families started evacuating their last stronghold in western Qalamoun region toward the eastern city of Bukamal on Monday, according to Xinhua reporters at the site. Around 300 IS militants were among those who evacuated and the rest are their family members. A total of 16 buses carrying the IS militants and their families left the barrens of Qara in western Qalamoun. The evacuated also included 112 family members of IS who were brought from Lebanon's Arsal to join their relatives from IS in their evacuation to Bukamal.