Syrian troops disunited the Kurds and the «shield of Euphrates» near Manbij.

The Kurdish problem, in its sharpness, stands on par with the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. And dozens of politicians around the world beat and beat over its solution. Syria was no exception. By March 2017 near the city of Al-Bab faced the interests of Turkey, Russia, Syria and the Kurds. What immediately led to the bloody clashes between the troops of the Shield of the Ephrata and the detachments of Kurdish self-defense. With the support of the Russian center for reconciliation of the warring sides, the Syrian military entered Kurdish territory and took their place on the border west of Manbij.