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The deal could also de-escalate the SDF's conflict with neighbouring Turkey and Turkish-backed Syrian former rebel factions allied to the government, which are trying to push the alliance out of areas near the border.

On the one hand, a more robust approach from an allied G7 leader stands in contrast to the UK's attempt to hug the White House closely.

By Saturday evening, the government said it had regained control of the situation and ordered allied factions to withdraw.

The ongoing fighting in Upper Nile is between the armed forces and the White Army, an ethnic militia that was allied with Machar during the war.

Nato's newest members believe they could teach other allied countries a thing or two about defence.