This is the moment a group of ISIS fighters were caught red-handed trying to escape from a fierce battle - dressed as women.

The terrorists, all wearing full black veils, were captured as they attempted to run from the besieged town of Manbij in northern Syria.

But members of the Syrian Democratic Forces, which is trying to liberate the town from ISIS, saw through the disguise and arrested them.

Video captured the moment a group of ISIS fighters were caught red-handed trying to escape from a fierce battle - dressed as women

The terrorists, all wearing full black veils, were captured as they attempted to run from the besieged town of Manbij in northern Syria

Footage shows the three men, still dressed in women's clothing and kneeling in front of armed guards shortly after their capture.

They are then forced to strip to their underwear, revealing them as men.

It is understood that one of those captured was a sniper and believed to have been responsible for countless deaths.

Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces, which is trying to liberate the town from ISIS, saw through the disguise and arrested them

Caught red-handed: The fighters are forced to strip to their underwear, revealing them as men

Footage shows the three men, still dressed in women's clothing and kneeling in front of armed guards shortly after their capture

The three fanatics were captured by the US backed Kurdish fighters trying to abandon other ISIS extremists in the war-torn area

The three fanatics were captured by the US backed Kurdish fighters trying to abandon other ISIS extremists in the war-torn area.

Manbij is at the centre of a battle and there were heavy clashes in the town over the weekend.

The Syrian Democratic Forces alliance is pressing its campaign against ISIS, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor.