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U.S. and Turkey almost came to blows over this Syrian town. A new deal may avert that.
The United States and Turkey have reached agreement on the withdrawal of U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters from the northern Syrian town of Manbij, and the military forces of the two countries will begin joint patrols of the area, U.S. and Turkish officials said.
- The Washington Post
The agreement is designed to defuse one of the most serious and long-running disagreements between the two NATO allies, whose troops in Syria have come perilously close to conflict with each other over the past year.
Finalized at a meeting in Washington on Monday between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, the agreement sets out a road map of steps for Kurdish withdrawal and the…