BEIRUT -- U.S.-backed fighters on Thursday closed all major roads leading to the northern Syrian town of Manbij, a stronghold of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and surrounded it from ...

FILE PHOTO: Turkish-backed Syrian rebels stand with their weapons at Manbij countryside, Syria December 29, 2018. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Work to ...

The flashpoint region of Manbij in northeastern Syria is becoming a battleground for Turkish-led Syrian rebel fighters advancing in the area following the pullback of U.S. forces. A Syrian National ...

BEIRUT - On the streets of Manbij, men chanted slogans against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or clipped their beards and women walked with their faces uncovered for the first time in over ...