'Tomorrow we'll be in paradise': Islamic State followers speak from besieged enclave

A man said to be an Islamic State militant, Abu Abd Al-Azeem, speaks in Baghouz, Syria in this still image taken from a video obtained by Reuters March 12, 2019. Social Media Website/ReutersTV via REUTERS

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Even as it faced imminent defeat in its last populated territory in eastern Syria, Islamic State made a new propaganda film calling on the few remaining residents of its cold, besieged encampment to maintain their prayers and seek refuge in God.

"Servants of God, keep reciting your prayers and ask for forgiveness," the loudspeaker of a beaten up van cries as it tours the ramshackle camp in the video. "Repent and ask God for forgiveness, oh servants of God, for perhaps the almighty will find a way out for us."