Russian forces will defend Manbij 'the minute Americans leave' - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Amberin Zaman

Amberin Zaman

Mar 11, 2019

A member of Manbij Military Council gestures at a car in Manbij city, Syria December 29, 2018. Picture taken December 29, 2018. REUTERS/Rodi Said - RC1EFBFDDC70 — A member of the Manbij Military Council gestures at a car in Manbij, Syria, Dec. 29, 2018. — REUTERS/Rodi Said

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A road sign that shows the direction to Manbij city is seen in the northern Syrian town of al-Bab, Syria March 1, 2017. Picture taken March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi - RC15D78AB000

Manbij government denies Turkish patrol as Ankara pushes for access

Amberin Zaman

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

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

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Can US-backed offensive bring back residents to Syria's Manbij?

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Syria's Kurds increasingly isolated as Arab tribes cut deals with regime

Amberin Zaman

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