WHITFIELD: In Syria, evidence that some ISIS fighters are giving up the fight, but that doesn't mean they have given up on their beliefs. CNN's Ben Wedeman was on the ground as they surrendered.</s>BEN WEDEMAN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): In defeat, gone is the bravado and the cockiness. In defeat, the men of the so-called Islamic State bow their head and cover their faces. The sharp contrast with the shrill triumphalism of ISIS's early days. "We couldn't fight any more so we surrendered," this man says. In the last few days, hundreds of ISIS fighters have surrendered to the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces. Some have yet to give up. This video shot Wednesday of the group's last enclave shows men on foot and on motor bikes moving about in broad daylight. Vanquished ISIS may be, yet among a Palestinian refugee who grew up in Syria hasn't given up. He concedes defeat today, but not tomorrow. "Maybe the Americans rule the world today," he tells me, "but God Almighty promised the Muslims that in the end the world will be ruled by Islam." Their state is close to death, not their delusions. "Despite the war and all the problems imposed upon it, I think the Islamic State was a success," this man tells me. "No one gave it the chance to offer anything to the world." The state where men claim to rule in the name of God and women obeyed is on the brink of extinction. And the children and the women are paying the price. Caked in dust, dazed and confused, hungry and thirsty.</s>WEDEMAN: Scrambling onto trucks normally used to transport livestock bound for camps to the north. In defeat, misery is their lot.</s>WHITFIELD: That was Ben Wedeman reporting. So much more straight ahead in the NEWSROOM after this.
Fight to Defeat ISIS' Self-Declared Caliphate Grinding Down.