DAMASCUS, July 21 (Xinhua) -- The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) agreed on Thursday to a cease-fire in an Islamic State (IS)-controlled town in northern Syria, on condition of a full IS withdrawal, local Kurdish media said.
The SDF agreed to a "full cessation of military operations in the town of Manbej and its countryside... the release of prisoners from both sides, and opening a passage for the IS out of that area," according to the Kurdish ARA News.
The new deal came amid an offensive by the SDF, under heavy U.S.-led air cover, to recapture Manbej, a strategic town under IS control near the Turkish borders.
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