Syria Kurdish-led force announces US-brokered truce with Turkish-backed fighters in Manbij

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BEIRUT: The chief of the Kurdish-led force controlling swathes of Syria’s northeast announced a US-brokered ceasefire on Wednesday in the Arab-majority Manbij area, where clashes with Turkish-backed fighters killed 218 combatants.
“We have reached a ceasefire agreement in Manbij via US mediation,” said Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander Mazloum Abdi, adding fighters of the SDF-affiliated Manbij Military Council “will be withdrawn from the area as soon as possible”.