Syrian-Kurd militia to pull out of key town that may ease US-Turkey rift

A Syrian Kurdish militia has announced it is pulling out of a key northern Syrian town in a move that could ease a serious rift between Nato allies Turkey and the United States.

The development followed an announcement on Monday from Turkey, which said it had reached an agreement with the US over the future of Manbij, a strategic but contested town in northern Syria near the Syria-Turkey border.