• Manbij (Arabic: مَنْبِج, romanized: Manbiǧ, Kurdish: مەنبج, romanized: Minbic, Turkish: Münbiç, Menbic, or Menbiç) is a city in the northeast of Aleppo...
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    The Manbij offensive, code-named Operation Martyr and Commander Faysal Abu Layla by the SDF, was a 2016 military offensive operation by the Syrian Democratic...
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    The Manbij bombing occurred on 16 January 2019 when a suicide bomber targeted a busy market street in Manbij known to be frequented by American soldiers...
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    SDF established the Manbij Military Council with the goal of securing the city of Manbij and its surrounding countryside (Manbij offensive). The council...
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  • The Manbij Military Council (MMC) is a coalition established by several groups in the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), primarily the Northern Sun Battalion...
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    liberated eight surrounding villages and the Manbij Military Council cut off ISIL's supply route between Manbij and the de facto ISIL capital of Raqqa, the...
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    was deployed to Syria as a cryptologic technician and killed in the 2019 Manbij bombing. Kent was born Shannon Mary Smith on May 11, 1983, in Oswego, New...
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    Manbij District (Arabic: منطقة منبج, romanized: manṭiqat Manbiǧ) is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative centre is the...
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    that threaten our country in northern Syria". The objective to capture Manbij, under the de facto control of the AANES administration, that had been promulgated...
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  • Tokhar, during an offensive by United States-backed forces near the city of Manbij in Aleppo Governorate, and carried out by the United States Air Force. The...
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  • Manbij plain (Arabic: سهل منبج [sæhl ˈmænbid͡ʒ]) is a vast plain on the eastern Aleppo plateau in northern Syria and southeastern Turkey. The plain runs...
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    the Euphratensis. It was based in the city of Hierapolis in Syria (Arabic Manbij, Syriac Mabbug). It was traditionally the fifth see in dignity under the...
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    self-governing sub-regions in the areas of Afrin, Jazira, Euphrates, Raqqa, Tabqa, Manbij and Deir Ez-Zor. The region gained its de facto autonomy in 2012 in the...
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  • bombings Ithriyah-Raqqa offensive (Jun) Rif Dimashq offensive (Jun–Oct) Manbij offensive Tokhar massacre Southern Aleppo campaign Battle of al-Rai (Aug)...
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    as part of the Afrin Region. Accordingly, the canton initially included Manbij, but by 2019, Shahba Canton had been restructured and only included the...
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    Manbij Subdistrict (Arabic: ناحية منبج) is a subdistrict of Manbij District in Aleppo Governorate of northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city...
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  • Manbij Revolutionaries Battalion (Arabic: كتائب ثوار منبج, Kurdish: Suwar el-Minbic, Turkish: Menbic Devrimci Taburları), also simply known as Manbij...
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    sexist and objectifying. Antar was killed on August 30, 2016, during the Manbij offensive against the Islamic State, at the age of 18. Born into a Kurdish...
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    Islamic State in Manbij on 5 June 2016. At the time of his death, he was a prominent commander in the SDF. Abu Layla grew up in Manbij and was, before...
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  • 2017, it used an IED to injure Muhammad Abu Adel, commander of the SDF's Manbij Military Council. ""Movement do" form a new northern Syria to fight "Kurdish...
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  • U.S.-backed Syrian rebel offensive against Islamic State positions near Manbij, Syria, but the attack is repelled. 4 July China protests "provocative actions"...
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    self-governing sub-regions in the areas of Afrin, Jazira, Euphrates, Raqqa, Tabqa, Manbij, and Deir Ez-Zor. The region gained its de facto autonomy in 2012 in the...
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    in which it would allow the Syrian Army to enter the SDF-held towns of Manbij and Kobanî in an attempt to defend the towns from the Turkish offensive...
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    Aleppo (Mar–Jun) Hīt Tipo-Tipo Sirte Ar-Rutbah N Raqqa Fallujah (May–Jun) Manbij Ithriyah-Raqqa (Jun) Abu Kamal al-Rai (Aug) N al-Bab (Sep) W al-Bab (Sep)...
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    2016, factions of the SDF formed the Manbij Military Council. The U.S. asked for Turkey's support for the Manbij offensive, but Turkey had two demands...
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  • Forces, and part of the Manbij Military Council and SDF-member group Northern Sun Battalion. The group was formed in 2012 in Manbij and operated in Aleppo's...
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    Turkish-led operation in Manbij. The fighting lasted one week, with the United States responding by establishing observation posts in Manbij to prevent further...
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    " In July 2018, Graham and Senator Jeanne Shaheen visited Manbij in Syria and met the Manbij Military Council, which led an offensive to liberate the city...
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    Euphrates) in order to facilitate and conduct military operations; the Manbij Military Council, the al-Bab Military Council, the Jarabulus Military Council...
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    bombings Ithriyah-Raqqa offensive (Jun) Rif Dimashq offensive (Jun–Oct) Manbij offensive Tokhar massacre Southern Aleppo campaign Battle of al-Rai (Aug)...
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