Uncertain future in Syrian Manbij: "We are stuck between several different countries"

2019-12-16T21:43:09.802Z

In northern Syria, the power struggle continues over who will control the large territories once ruled by the terrorist organization IS. As few foreign journalists, SVT's Middle East team has been able to visit the strategically important city of Manbij, which changed hands several times during the Syrian war, and which was for a time ruled by the terrorist network IS. After the Turkish offensive in northern Syria last autumn, the future is again uncertain for the people of Manbij.