Troops take control of Kurdish-held town to stave off Turkey offensive
Syria’s military says it has taken control of the flashpoint Kurdish-held town of Manbij, where Turkey has threatened an offensive.
The announcement was quickly welcomed by the Kremlin, whose spokesman Dmitry Peskov called it a “positive step” that could help stabilise the situation.
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