{"id":53742,"date":"2018-10-22T18:38:23","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T18:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/10\/22\/us-envoy-to-syria-visits-northern-town-of-manbij\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:26:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:26:17","slug":"us-envoy-to-syria-visits-northern-town-of-manbij","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/10\/22\/us-envoy-to-syria-visits-northern-town-of-manbij\/","title":{"rendered":"US envoy to Syria visits northern town of Manbij"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BEIRUT \u2014 The U.S. envoy for Syria visited the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/10\/21\/us-turkey-to-soon-begin-joint-patrols-in-north-syria\/\" target=_blank>northern town of Manbij<\/a> on Monday, where U.S. and Turkish troops could begin conducting joint patrols in the coming days, a Kurdish official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ebrahim Ebrahim said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/09\/07\/us-plays-down-talk-of-imminent-pullout-of-forces-from-syria\/\" target=_blank>James Jeffrey <\/a>met with members of the Manbij Military Council and briefed them on his recent visit to Turkey and Saudi Arabia. He gave no further details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Furat FM, a radio station in northern Syria, said Jeffrey would meet with officials from the political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces, a U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led group that drove Islamic State militants out of much of northeastern Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/09\/25\/the-white-house-just-revealed-massive-mission-creep-in-syria-heres-why\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3978211.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">The White House has revealed massive mission creep in Syria. Here\u2019s why.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The White House signaled a fundamental shift in the military mission for troops in Syria that would focus on Iran rather than ISIS.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jeffrey\u2019s visit to Manbij came a day after Army Gen. 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