Rappler's latest stories on Manbij
Pressing Syria offensive, Turkey urges U.S. pullback
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to expand the offensive against the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) to Manbij, east of Afrin
ISIS frees hundreds of 'human shields' in Syria
UPDATED The retreat of ISIS from the city of Manbij marks the jihadists worst defeat yet at the hands of the Syrian Democratic Forces
Rebels turn tables on regime as ISIS loses Syria bastion
Opposition fighters and allied jihadists capture territory south of Aleppo in a bid to cut off regime forces and open up a new route into besieged rebel held districts
Clashes rock Syria's Manbij as ISIS ignores ultimatum
Thousands of civilians have already fled Manbij which lies in Syria s northern Aleppo province
ISIS mounts fierce defense of besieged Syrian bastion
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the Islamic State group in Iraq Syria ISIS carried out two suicide attacks and 5 car bombings in the southwestern suburbs of Manbij
Raids on Syria market kill 21, hundreds flee ISIS bastion
Several children are among the fatalities as air strikes hit the Syrian city of Idlib
Thousands flee ISIS Syria stronghold as coalition closes in
UPDATED The Arab Kurdish offensive on the town of Manbij is one of two major assaults on the route ISIS uses to send in more fighters weapons and money from the Turkish border to its main Syrian bastion of Raqa
Iraq's Fallujah operation slowed by civilians, ISIS resistance
Around 50 000 civilians are believed to be trapped in Fallujah where the Islamic State has set up really tough defense systems to counter Iraqi soldiers
