Fierce clashes continue in northern Syria between U.S.-backed Kurdish forces (SDF) and Turkish-backed groups, resulting in around 40 deaths. Despite U.S. efforts to ease tensions, Turkey views the YPG ...

The ongoing conflict between pro-Turkey factions and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the Manbij countryside of northern Syria has reached a deadly climax, with 101 casualties reported over the ...

According to reports from Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency (AA) and the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), the Turkey-backed forces advanced through Manbij’s neighborhoods, ...

AKCAKALE, Turkey — By the time U.S. forces withdrew Tuesday from the northern Syrian city of Manbij, it had become the prize in a race for territory involving a mix of fighting groups with ...

Manbij is also significant for Turkey’s plan to carve out a so-called “safe zone” cleared of Kurdish fighters where some of the 3.6 million Syrian refugees currently residing on its soil can ...

Manbij is an important town that Turkey has threatened to seize for days, but Russia's statements on Tuesday, however, seemed to signal that it would not allow a Turkish attack.

The Kurdish-held towns of Manbij and Ras al-Ayn were at the centre of military action by Syria and Turkey on Tuesday. Syrian government forces are aiming to re-establish their hold over the ...

Although Mr Erdogan hinted that Moscow had approved Turkey’s push to take both Manbij and Kobane; the Kremlin has long sought to broker a deal between the regime and the Kurds.

Photo: AA Click to read the article in Turkish Turkey will not enter the Manbij city in the Operation Peace Spring it launched on October 9, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said. "According to our ...

Turkey ‘s foreign minister has said the work to implement an agreement between Ankara and Washington over the town of Manbij in northern Syria has recently accelerated. Speaking to reporters in ...

Late last month, the YPG called on Assad's forces to protect Manbij from attack by Turkey. Syrian government forces, which are backed by Russia, answered the YPG appeal by deploying outside Manbij.

As Turkey continued to issue threats against the Kurds, the U.S. also sought to ease tensions by carrying out joint U.S.-Turkey patrols to the north of Manbij.