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Syrian government troops enter Manbij after Turkey-backed rebel attack

Syrian regime troops entred Manbij after Turkey-backed rebels fighting under the banner of the Syrian National Army launched an offensive

Syrian government forces set to enter Kobani and Manbij in SDF deal

Syrian government forces were poised to enter the northeastern Syrian cities of Kobani and Manbij to fight with the SDF against Turkey-backed rebels

Isolated Manbij faces rival Syrian factions on two fronts

Forces loyal to the Syrian government and Turkey-backed rebels mobilized near Manbij ahead of an expected Turkish incursion into Syria

Syria: ISIS kills 7 Manbij Military Council members in midnight checkpoint attack

ISIS claimed responsibility for an attack that killed seven guards in the Syrian city of Manbij, days after its "caliphate" was declared defeated

Roadside bomb kills one, injures four in Manbij, Syria

A roadside bomb struck a minibus carrying teachers in Manbij in northern Syria, killing one and injuring four others

France to continue military operation in Syria and Iraq in 2019, Macron says

France will remain "militarily engaged" in the Middle East through 2019 despite the U.S. 'retreat' from Syria, President Emmanuel Macron said

Syria: US military personnel among dead in Manbij suicide bomb attack

A suicide attack was reported at a busy marketplace in the northern Syrian city of Manbij with an unknown number of casualties

Syria: Russia military police begin patrols around Manbij

Russian military police have begun patrolling around the Syrian city of Manbij, moving into an area once held by US-backed forces

Deal with Syria regime ‘inevitable,’ senior SDF official Redur Xelil says

A deal between the Syrian government and the de facto autonomous administration in northern Syria is "inevitable," senior Kurdish military official Redur Xelil said

“This is our reward?”: After 4 years fighting ISIS, Syrian Kurds face uncertain future as US pivots to Turkey

Senior Kurdish officials told Jared Szuba they were left in the dark after Trump’s decision to withdraw US troops and back Erdogan’s plan for northern Syria

“What can we tell them?”: US general pressed for reassurance for SDF after Syria withdrawal decision

After Trump’s decision to withdraw US troops from Syria, a CJTF-OIR commander sought direction on what to tell their SDF partners

EU expects Turkey to refrain from ‘unilateral’ Syria military action, Mogherini says

The European Union's chief diplomat Federica Mogherini said the EU expects Turkey to refrain from any unilateral military action in northeast Syria

Turkey asks US to abandon northern Syria observation posts

Turkey asked the US to abandon its observation posts in northern Syria during meetings in Ankara, where they agreed to accelerate progress on Manbij

Joint US-Turkey patrols begin near Manbij, Syria

US and Turkish forces began joint patrols around the northern Syrian city of Manbij as part of a "roadmap" reached earlier this year that saw the YPG withdraw

Syria: US and Turkish forces begin training for Manbij joint patrols

US and Turkish forces have begun training for joint patrols around Manbij in northern Syria, Turkey's national defense minister said

Here’s photos of US and Turkish vehicles patrolling Manbij (but not together)

The Pentagon has posted photos of U.S. military vehicles in Manbij, the Syrian city until recently at the heart of a dispute between Turkey and America.

Assad’s bluff may double as a gain for Syria’s Kurds

President Bashar al-Assad has threatened military action against northern Syria, but do his threats cloak an opportunity for a deal with the Kurds?

US gave guarantees to protect Manbij after Turkey deal, MMC spokesperson says

Shervan Derwish says the US and Coalition gave Manbij Military Council assurance that Manbij would not be attacked

Biji Manbij? US and Turkey plan for the Syrian city’s future without the YPG

After months of talks and threats of military action against the strongest force fighting ISIS in Syria, the U.S. and Turkey agreed to a ‘roadmap’ that would see the YPG leave Manbij

YPG to leave Syria’s Manbij after US-Turkey deal

The People's Protection Units (YPG) announced that it would withdraw advisors from the Syrian city of Manbij, a day after the United States and Turkey agreed to a roadmap

US troops unlikely to withdraw from Syria after ISIS defeat in Deir Ezzor

US troops are unlikely to leave Syria after defeating ISIS in Deir Ezzor despite tough talk from President Trump and Turkey's calls for the SDF to leave Manbij, Wladimir Van Wilgenburg reports

Jaysh al-Islam reportedly agrees to leave Dumayr for Jarablus in northern Syria

Syrian state media reported that opposition group Jaysh al-Islam agreed to leave another town east of Damascus, just days after evacuating their main bastion in Eastern Ghouta.

Trump decides to keep US troops in Syria for now, signaling Pentagon win

President Donald Trump has decided to keep US troops in Syria, the White House announced, an apparent win for military commanders who warned against drawing down the American presence while pockets of ISIS fighters still remain in the country

Kurdish fighters’ withdrawal will not resolve Manbij conundrum, US envoy says

Kurdish fighters' withdrawal east of the Euphrates river in Syria is not going to resolve "incredibly complex" situation in the Manbij area, US-led Coalition Envoy Brett McGurk said.