Syrian army soldiers hold placard depicting President of Syria Bashar al-Assad as Syrian government army troops rolled into Manbij, Syria, a flashpoint town west of the Euphrates River that Turkey had been aiming to capture and wrest from Kurdish control. Syrian forces moved into the area as part of a deal that has seen regime troops deploy in several Kurdish-controlled areas in Syria's north to protect the region from an assault by Turkish forces.
- Package: Syria Manbij
- Categories: Unrest, Conflicts & War
- Location: Manbij, Syria
- Event date: 15.10.2019
- Date published: 15.10.2019
- Author: Mikhail Alaeddin
- Source: Sputnik
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 2016x1512px, 1.1Mb
- Job-ID: 46e34a99ec3dc37b