As part of earlier agreements with Syrian government, Kurdish People’s Protection Units began to leave Manbij region on January 1, 2019.

Units in convoy of 30 cars headed to the eastern shore of the Euphrates river through the town of Kara-Kozak (25 km north-east city of Manbij). According to provisional data, some 400 Kurdish militias left Manbij region.

Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation