Kurdish forces may withdraw from Manbij in US-Turkey deal: Report

A Syrian opposition source has told Reuters that the US and Turkey have reached a deal for the US-backed Kurdish forces, otherwise known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), to withdraw from the besieged town of Manbij, in northeastern Aleppo, Syria.

The Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) mounted an offensive in the area, which began on 6 December, to push back against the SDF. Turkey links the SDF to the Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK, a designated terror group by Ankara.