Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Tuesday imposed a siege on the ISIS-held city of Manbij from three directions, after recapturing dozens of villages and farms in the vicinity of the city north of Syria’s Aleppo province.
“Supported by an air cover from the US-led coalition, the SDF troops took over the Manbij suburbs, imposing siege on ISIS militants inside the city,” a spokesman for the SDF military leadership told ARA News.
The Western-backed SDF took over most of the villages to the north, east and south of Manbij city.
“The only route that ISIS terrorists could use to escape is the western exit towards Aleppo,” the official said.