Syrian state media reported the army entered Manbij, a town near the Turkish border in northeast Syria that had been controlled by a militia allied to US-backed Kurdish forces. State television later showed residents welcoming Syrian forces into the town of Ain Issa, which lies on another part of the highway, hundreds of miles away. Trump said US troops would remain at a small garrison at Tanf in southern Syria "to continue to disrupt remnants" of Islamic State. A US official said on Monday a diplomatic team working to help stabilise territory captured from Islamic State had already pulled out. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed the suggestion that Russia could clash with Turkish forces.

Source: bd News24 October 14, 2019 23:48 UTC