Manbij has long had a historic population mix of Arabs, Kurds, and other minority groups and was part of a swath of territory overtaken by ISIS. During the summer of 2016, ...

For Manbij, it was another turn in the rotating cast of characters who had come to impose their vision on the city since 2011. Syria’s opposition forces had taken over in 2012, wresting control ...

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jamie Jarrord, left, thanks Manbij Military Council commander Muhammed Abu Adeel during a visit to a small outpost near the town of Manbij, northern Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 7 ...

Manbij city is some 30 km (19 miles) south of the Turkish border and to the west of the Euphrates river. The Turkey-backed Syrian rebels earlier said they had started an attack on Manbij.

Syrian Army Amasses Outside Kurdish-Held Manbij, As Turkish Force Looms Over Border Weeks ago, Turkey threatened to send its military over the border if Kurdish militants didn't leave Manbij.

FILE - In this April 4, 2018 file photo, a U.S-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council soldier passes a U.S. position near the tense front line with Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij, north Syria.

U.S.-backed fighters liberated a strategic Syrian city from the Islamic State over the weekend, bringing the rebels a step closer to the terrorist group's de facto capital of Raqqa and cutting off ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu is scheduled to meet Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington on June 4. The meeting will not just be a friendly a meet and greet between two allies.

A U.S. official told ABC News that Manbij was liberated over the weekend. — -- Defense Secretary Ash Carter has congratulated the anti-ISIS rebel fighters for liberating the Syrian city of ...

A man cuts the beard of a civilian who was evacuated with others by the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters from an ISIS–controlled town of Manbij, in Syria, Aug. 12, 2016. Reuters/Rodi Said ...

A Syrian Democratic Forces soldier stands inside a compound during a joint Coalition and SDF presence patrol in villages and control points around the city of Manbij, Syria, March 24, 2018.