Manbij

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Syrian military operation against Kurds would stretch as far as Iraq

Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkish forces would sweep Kurdish fighters from the Syrian border and could push all the way east to the frontier with Iraq — a move which risks a possible confrontation with US forces allied to the Kurds

Tale of burning burqas and shaving beards: US-backed forces wrest control of Syria's Manjib

Islamic State group jihadists have released hundreds of civilians they used as human shields while fleeing a crumbling stronghold in northern Syria, but the fate of others remained unknown Saturday

Syrians return to Manbij as security forces drive Islamic State out of city

With air support from the US-led coalition, the SDF began its assault on Manbij on 31 May, surging into the town itself three weeks later.

A new life has started for us: Syrians ecstatic to return to IS-free villages

The villagers were so terrified that their friends and family would report them to IS that they were unable to trust anyone.