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400 Kurdish YPG Militants Leave Manbij Under Deal With Damascus
2019-01-03
[SPUTNIKNEWS] Earlier, a Sputnik correspondent reported that Syrian Army units had deployed near Manbij in a bid to prevent a possible Ottoman Turkish military operation in the Syrian Kurdish-controlled area.

About 400 Syrian Kurdish YPG snuffies left Manbij in 30 vehicles since January 1 after reaching an agreement with Damascus to withdraw from the area, the Syrian Defence Ministry has announced in a press statement.

According to the Defence Ministry, the militia units left Manbij for the east bank of the Euphrates River.

The Defence Ministry released a video showing the Kurdish forces' withdrawal on its Facebook page.

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