Syrian Arab Army soldiers were present in Arima village on Friday, close to the border with Turkey and 25 km (16 miles) west of the city of Manbij. The deployment comes after Turkish forces moved into

BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:00 P.M.) - A video has surfaced this week of a group of U.S. Army personnel coming face-to-face with the Syrian Arab Army's (SAA) 1st Armored Division outside the city of Manbij. According

BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:20 A.M.) - The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are still in full control of Manbij after the withdrawal of the Kurdish-led People's Protection Units (YPG) on Wednesday. Speaking to Al-Masdar

Earlier, a Sputnik correspondent reported that Syrian Army units had deployed near Manbij in a bid to prevent a possible Turkish military operation in the Syrian Kurdish-controlled area. About 400 Syrian

US military vehicles were seen moving around Syrian's Manbij, on Monday. The US troops are still patrolling the strategic city, near the Turkish border, despite US President Donald Trump's recent announcement

BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:00 A.M.) - Over the last 72 hours, both the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and Turkish-backed rebels have been amassing troops around the strategic city of Manbij. While neither side has made

BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:40 P.M.) - The Syrian Arab Army has surrounded Manbij from three different flanks after the Turkish-backed rebels began mass mobilizing their troops north of the city. According to a

BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:20 P.M.) - The Turkish-backed rebels have sent another massive convoy to the city of Manbij amid a similar military build-up by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and their allies. A large number

BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:30 P.M.) - In a new interview by the Rudaw News Agency, a resident in Manbij told the reporter that they welcome the entrance of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) inside the city. Furthermore,

Suzan Al-Hussein from the Joint Presidency for the Legislative Council of Manbij denied that Syrian government forces had entered Manbij during an interview on Saturday. "We, as a civil administration

BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:15 P.M.) - The spokesperson for the People's Protection Units (YPG), Nuri Mahmoud, told Rudaw News on Saturday evening that the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) will not enter Manbij city. “We

BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:20 P.M.) - Minutes ago, an officer from the Syrian Arab Army's 4th Armored Division informed Al-Masdar News that their forces were heading to the city of Manbij in northeast Aleppo.

BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:30 P.M.) - A large group of reinforcements from the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) made their way from Aleppo city to the outskirts of Manbij this afternoon, a military source told Al-Masdar

On Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan brushed off the report on Manbij passing under the Syrian government's control as a "psychological operation", saying that "there is nothing

BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:30 P.M.) - The Turkish-backed Jaysh Al-Sharqiyah rebel faction has released several videos of their forces vowing to capture the strategic city of Manbij from the Kurdish-led People's

Locals on the streets of Manbij on Friday commented on the Syrian Arab Army’s plans to enter the city. "All of the Syrian Arab people in Manbij welcome the Syrian Arab Army to enter," one local