US-backed Kurdish forces are withdrawing from the Kurdish-controlled city of Manbij, located near the border with Turkey in northern Syria. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander, Mazloum Abdi, announced that SDF fighters are continuing their resistance in the city but have reached a ceasefire agreement through US mediation and agreed to withdraw.
The withdrawal comes after reports that Turkey launched an attack on the Tishreen Dam near Manbij, causing a power outage and raising concerns about the dam's stability. The Energy Authority of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria confirmed that Turkish drones targeted the dam, rendering it out of service and posing a threat of flooding and potential collapse.
