US pumps brakes as Ankara touts Manbij deal - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Amberin Zaman

Amberin Zaman

May 30, 2018

American army vehicles drive north of Manbij city, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria March 9, 2017. REUTERS/Rodi Said - RC1D16A42820 — US Army vehicles drive north of Manbij city, in Aleppo governorate, Syria, March 9, 2017. — REUTERS/Rodi Said

A rebel fighter fires a mortar shell towards Syrian army soldiers, west of Manbij city, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria March 9, 2017. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi - RC1BFF190D80

Turkish-US Syria talks set to resume amid heightened tensions

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) ride vehicles along a road near Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria, June 25, 2016. REUTERS/Rodi Said - RTX2I6B3

Battle for Syria's Manbij may redraw local alliances

Kamal Sheikho

Vehicles of the US-led coalition battling the Islamic State group patrol the town of Rmelane in Syria's Hasakeh province on June 5, 2018. - The leading Syrian Kurdish militia said it would withdraw from Manbij, easing fears of a direct clash between NATO allies Washington and Ankara over the strategic northern town. Manbij is a Sunni Arab-majority town that lies just 30 kilometres (19 miles) south of the Turkish border, and where US and French troops belonging to the Western coalition against IS are station

Syrian opposition has high hopes for US-Turkish road map for Manbij

Khaled al-Khateb

Khaled al-Khateb

Ankara hypes US-Turkey deal on Manbij

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture