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Over 1,200 members of Turkish-backed militant groups deployed near positions of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northern Syria during the last 48 hours, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on November 5.
According to reports in from other militant-affilated sources, this increased an approximate number of members of the Turkish-backed miltiant groups near the area of Manbij to 3,000.
Meanwhile, the Syrian Democratic Forces, which consist of mostly Kurdish militias, also redeployed a number of its units to northern Syria. These units were moved from a front against ISIS near the Hajin pocket in the province of Deir Ezzor.
