Actions by the United States, Turkey and Russia could be driving Kurds into the awkward embrace of the Syrian regime.

At least 45 militants of the    Islamic State (IS) have been killed in a strike by the Iraqi army in Syria due to receiving intelligence involving security threats.

Turkish troops and Turkish-backed rebels will not move into the Syrian northern Kurdish city of Manbij, though U.S. and Turkish forces began patrolling along the demarcation line north of Manbij with coordinated independent patrol activities on Jun. 18, the U.S. 

The spokesman of the Italian defense ministry denied reports that there are Italian forces in the Kurdish-controlled regions of Syria.

Two Turkey military experts believe the U.S. would not go against the likely Ankara operation into Qandil Mountains in Kurdistan Region; the main base of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

Many of Afrin’s displaced families are returning to their homes. But it's said they must take rough roads to avoid attacks by members of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) that, according to the Free Syrian Army (FSA), are shooting at everyone they see trying to return.

The ink on a road map for the Syrian town of Manbij announced Monday between Turkey and the United States has barely dried. But differences in interpretation as to its actual substance are already casting a shadow over the latest stab at salvaging US-Turkish ties and rekindling trust between the two countries. They could result in things getting worse, not better, some analysts warn as Washington grapples to balance ties with Turkey, a critical NATO ally, and its Syrian Kurdish partners in the fight against the Islamic State.

Director of US Joint Staff Lieutenant General Kenneth McKenzie said that "any interested party in Syria should understand that attacking US forces or our coalition partners will be a bad policy."

A commander of the anti-IS coalition operation has stated that some arms have been provided for Kurdish forces in Syria but the weapons have been provided restrictly, for special purposes.

A bomb blast in the Syria northern Kurdish city of Qamishlo has killed two people.

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Recep Akdag has stated on Wednesday, May 16, that his country will never return the Syrian Kurdish northern city of Afrin region to the government of Damascus led by President Bashar al-Assad.

Syrian air defense units have downed more than half of the air-launched and tactical ground-based missiles fired by Israel last night, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters on Thursday.

U.S. forces set up a new base in Manbij in northern Syria some three months ago after Turkish threats to march on the town, a militia official there said on Wednesday.

Russia gave a green light to Turkey’s military occupation of northern Syria because it’s keen to foster divisions between the Turks and the U.S., said Alexander Dugin, the Russian philosopher and nationalist.

The Syrian Kurdish-Arab democratic forces  of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) could capture Salhya town in the northern countryside of Deir Ezzor, after Syrian government forces withdrew it.