[RUDAW.NET] The Manbij Military Council has vowed to resist any potential "We would like to let the public know that any possible attack on the city of Manbij will be responded to with the same historic resistance of Afrin, and it will be a harsh lesson for anyone who dares to go forth against Manbij," the SDF-linked Manbij Military Council (MMC) said in a statement on Monday.
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire....
and its proxies in the Free Syrian Army
... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund...
(FSA) previously tried to take over Manbij, but were stopped by the "resistance and determination of the Manbij Military Council," the statement said.
In early 2017, as part of its Euphrates Shield operation,
The MMC condemned Turkey’s ongoing operation in Afrin.
"This aggression that practices ethnic cleansing and mass genocide against our people in Afrin is aimed for producing terrorist groups in areas where there is peace and coexistence," the MMC added.
It called on the international community and human rights
...not to be confused with
individual rights,mind you...
groups to oppose aggression against both Afrin and Manbij.