U.S. Spokeswoman: YPG Is Set to Leave Manbij

• 06.06.2018, 13:15
•  America,  Region,  Near East,  World

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The Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) is set to leave the northern Syrian city of Manbij following a roadmap reached between the U.S. and Turkey, a U.S. spokeswoman told reporters on June 6, Hurriyet reports.

"They [YPG] would move their parties to the east of the Euphrates as part of that agreement," Heather Nauert told reporters during the State Department’s daily briefing.

"I can just tell you that we agreed to – or there was an arrangement that we came to – with the government of Turkey in that regard and that overall roadmap," Nauert added, responding to a question on the positions of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a group consisting mainly of YPG forces.