to Manbij, a strategically located city in northern Syria, saying that the Syrian Army could provide security in the city while the Kurdish militias are relocated elsewhere. The presence of YPG in the Manbij area is a major irritant for Ankara.

The Syrian government has agreed and said their troops were already in Manbij area, but the claim is yet to be confirmed on the ground. Turkey meanwhile remains prepared to a major offensive in Syria, with dozens of tanks waiting at its southern border.

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sought injunctive relief, civil penalties, damages, disgorgement, restitution, and other equitable relief. The
attorneys general filed their action “in their proprietary capacities on behalf of departments, bureaus, and
agencies of state government as injured purchasers or reimbursers; and as parens patriae on behalf of
natural persons in their collective States, and their respective States’ quasi-sovereign interests in fair
competition and the health of their citizenry, and/or in their sovereign capacities.” Order No. 76, Oct. 10,
2003 at 9. Their suit was consolidated with the others already before the district court.
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