Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Can US-backed offensive bring back residents to Syria's Manbij?

KAMAL SHEIKHO for Al-Monitor The citizens of Manbij, which is northeast of Aleppo, have high hopes of returning to their hometown in light of the US-backed offensive against the Islamic State in their city.

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