Manbij city is some 30 km (19 miles) south of the Turkish border and to the west of the Euphrates River.
The agreement was reached between the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) and local tribal leaders
IS is acquiring forces in the North Arabian Desert, and is training recruits to become suicide bombers, to attack allied troops.
The incident marks the largest tribesman attack on Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) sites since the start of the Arab tribal rebellion in 2023.
Turkey wants to normalize ties with Syria, but in order to do this it needs to see Damascus cater to some of Ankara’s demands.
The discontent in Turkey over the nearly 4 million Syrian refugees has been a source of domestic pressure on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Turkey has carried out several cross-border military incursions into northern Syria in recent years and has dozens of bases there.
The bill was voted down by 321-103 showing that there are scores of politicians in Congress who are skeptical of the US’s continued role in Syria
After previous attempts to send aid have been blocked, an aid convoy has made it to earthquake-ravaged northwestern Syria.
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