Manbij offensive

Now is the time to completely clear the northern Syrian region of Manbij of Syrian Kurdish YPG militants and leave the city to civilians, Turkey's foreign minister said has said as Turkish and U.S. troops start training together to carry out joint patrols soon in the region.       

Turkey expects the roadmap with the U.S on the Syrian town of Manbij to be implemented as planned, without delays, a Turkish presidential aide said on Sept. 21. 

Training for a joint Turkish-American patrol in the northern Syrian city of Manbij will start "shortly", U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said. 

An ongoing row between Turkey and the U.S. has not affected a bilateral agreement about the northern Syrian city of Manbij, the State Department's acting Middle East chief said Friday.

Addressing reporters on a conference call on Syria, David Satterfield said "there has been no impact" on the plan from the spike in tensions.

Turkish and U.S. troops on Aug. 13 completed their 29th round of patrols in the northern Syrian city of Manbij as part of a deal to oust the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) from the area.

Turkish and U.S. troops on Aug. 1 completed their 23rd round of patrols in the northern Syrian city of Manbij as part of the roadmap.

The head of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) on July 19 said training for a joint Turkish-American patrol on the frontlines of the northern Syrian city of Manbij will soon start.

The Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) has retreated from checkpoints around the northern Syrian city of Manbij, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hami Aksoy said on July 19. 

Reports that the last members of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) pulled out from the Syrian town of Manbij on July 15 are "exaggerated" and "do not reflect the truth," sources from the Turkish Foreign Ministry told Hürriyet Daily News on July 16.

The Turkish military on July 6 completed its 10th round of patrols in the northern Syrian city of Manbij as part of a deal with the U.S. to rid the area of the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG).