Middle East
Pentagon: Manbij residents to govern Manbij
Laurie Mylroie Laurie Mylroie
WASHINGTON DC (Kurdistan 24) - Gen. Joseph Dunford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters on Tuesday that future “governance in Manbij†will be “provided by people who are from Manbij,†regardless of “their ethnicity.â€
That is part of the understanding the US has reached with Turkey, Dunford explained, as he responded to a question from state-owned Turkish media.
Dunford’s statement was the clearest, most authoritative explanation from a US official of how the US envisaged the future of Manbij, following the defeat of the Islamic State (IS) in Syria.
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This appears to be an interesting development, it sounds like we are asserting the right to self-govern in Syria.
