Manbij offensive

Turkey and the United States recently took an important step in the right direction by endorsing the road map for Syria's Manbij province that will lead to the withdrawal of the People's Protection Units (YPG) at a meeting between Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington. 

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on June 6 said he welcomed a Turkish-U.S. agreement on a road map for the northern Syrian city of Manbij foreseeing the removal of the People's Protection Units (YPG) from the area. 

The Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) is set to leave the northern Syrian city of Manbij following a roadmap reached between the U.S. and Turkey, a U.S. spokeswoman told reporters on June 6.

Turkey and the United States have endorsed a road map over the withdrawal of the People's Protection Units (YPG) from Manbij province of Syria after months-long negotiations, the Turkish foreign ministry announced after the meeting between two sides' foreign ministers in Washington on June 4.

Two top diplomats from Turkey and the United States will come together in Washington D.C. on June 3 to finalize a months-long debated road map for a bilateral move in the Manbij province of Syria that will push the withdrawal of Syrian Kurdish fighters from the city and help the two NATO allies relatively mend their troubled ties.

The Turkish and U.S. foreign ministers are expected to outline a road map for Syria's Manbij province when they meet in Washington on June 4, with Turkey pushing for the withdrawal of the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG). 

The United States doesn’t have any agreements yet with Turkey on Manbij in northern Syria, the State Department said on May 29.

Diplomats from Turkey and the United States held talks in Ankara on May 25 to discuss joint efforts to coordinate their actions in Syria, particularly in the Manbij province, a Turkish diplomat said.

Diplomats from Turkey and the United States are holding talks in Ankara to discuss joint efforts to coordinate their actions in Syria, particularly in the Manbij province, a Turkish diplomat said. 

The Turkey-U.S. working group meeting on Syria's Manbij will be on hold until the new U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo takes office, according to a diplomatic source.