A ceasefire between Turkey and the U.S.-backed Kurdish Syrian forces (SDF) around the northern Syrian city of Manbij has been extended until the end of this week, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Tuesday.
People walk along a street at a refugee camp in Idlib, a northwestern Syrian city where Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) had maintained an administration at the time when Syria's civil war front lines were frozen, Syria, December 17, 2024. Reuters/Umit Bektas
A ceasefire between Turkey and the U.S.-backed Kurdish Syrian forces (SDF) around the northern Syrian city of Manbij has been extended until the end of this week, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Tuesday.
Washington brokered an initial ceasefire last week but it had expired, Miller said, adding Washington would like the ceasefire to be extended for as long as possible.
"We continue to engage with the SDF, with Turkey about a path forward," Miller said, adding it was not in the interest of any party to see increased conflict in Syria. "We don't want to see any party take advantage of the current unstable situation to advance their own narrow interests at the expense of the broader Syrian national interest."
Reporting by Simon Lewis, Daphne Psaledakis and Jasper Ward
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