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After the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, combat erupted in the north of the country between Kurdish forces, who control vast areas of northeastern Syria, and Pro-Turkish groups. An American-mediated truce quelled the fighting.
On Tuesday, Washington announced the extension of this truce “until the end of the week” in Manbij, a predominantly Arab town. But peace in the region is fragile. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Turkey is preparing to launch an assault on Kobane, a Kurdish town on the Turkish border.