US-backed SDF to hand over villages to Assad regime

The US-backed – so called – Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) militia said on Thursday it had agreed to hand over villages on the front line with Turkey-backed opposition fighters to Assad regime control under an agreement with Russia, Reuters reported.

The villages are located west of the town of Manbij and have been a focus of fighting in recent days between the Turkey-backed opposition fighters and the Manbij Military Council, the US-backed militia.