PKK/YPG terrorists announce loss of Manbij to Syrian National Army VIDEO

The US-backed Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), affiliated with the PKK/YPG terrorist organization, have withdrawn from the city of Manbij in northern Syria, which has now come under the control of the Syrian National Army (SNA).

A high-ranking official from the Kurdistan Regional Government confirmed that the SNA had taken control of the city, Caliber.Az reports.

بەرپرسێکی باڵا لە بەڕێوەبەرایەتیی خۆسەر بۆ رووداو: سوپای نیشتمانیی سووریا منبجیان کۆنترۆڵ کرد.

ئەوە لەکاتێکدایە، ماوەی دوو هەفتەیە ئەنجوومەنی سەربازیی منبجی سەر بە هێزەکانی سووریای دیموکرات (هەسەدە) لەگەڵ ئەو هێزەی ئۆپۆزیسیۆن لە شەڕ دا بوون. pic.twitter.com/1uLXhZDXGc

— Rudaw (@Rudawkurdish) December 10, 2024

Turkish media had previously reported the liberation of Manbij by the SNA.

Süriyə Münbiç’də 🇦🇿 rəngində “Qarabağ” yazılı kazak geyən gənç pic.twitter.com/W8uladCC5B

— Ə hərfi (@ters__e) December 9, 2024

Despite promises from the US and Russia, the district remained under the control of PKK/YPG terrorists.

The group had seized Manbij between May and August 2016 during an offensive supported by the US.

At the time, the US assured Türkiye that PKK/YPG would withdraw after the area was cleared of Daesh/ISIS terror group, but this promise was not fulfilled.

Similarly, during the October 2019 Peace Spring Operation, Russia pledged to remove the PKK/YPG terror group from Manbij as part of an agreement with Türkiye.

However, terrorists never vacated the district.

Manbij held central importance in PKK/YPG’s plan to establish a terrorist corridor stretching from the Syria-Iraq border to the Mediterranean.


Türkiye disrupted these plans during 2016 Operation Euphrates Shield by blocking a direct connection between Afrin, Tel Rifaat, and Manbij.

By Vafa Guliyeva