Turkey agrees to pause Syrian assault, but no troop withdrawal
Kurdish fighters forced to give up their heavy weapons and their positions in Syrian 'safe zone' destroyed, says foreign minister
17 October 2019 - 23:01
Ankara — Turkey agreed on Thursday to pause its offensive in Syria for five days to let Kurdish forces withdraw from a "safe zone" Ankara had sought to capture, in a deal hailed by the Trump administration and cast by Turkey as a complete victory.
The truce was announced by US Vice-President Mike Pence after talks in Ankara with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and was swiftly hailed by President Donald Trump, who said it would save "millions of lives"...
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