U.S. And Turkey Agree To A 120-Hour Ceasefire In Syria -- News Roundup

Daily Mail: Mike Pence announces he has agreed a five-day ceasefire with Turkey to allow Kurds to leave the 'safe zone' in Syria - handing Erdogan a 'buffer zone' along the border

* Vice President Mike Pence announced the United States and Turkey have reached a deal to suspend Ankara's operations in northern Syria for five day
* He and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spent more than four hours meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in order to get a deal
* Ceasefire will reportedly last for 120 hours to allow a withdrawal from safe zone
* Following news, President Donald Trump tweeted 'millions of lives will be saved'

Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday announced the United States and Turkey have reached a deal to suspend Ankara's operations in northern Syria for five days to allow Kurds time to withdraw to a 'safe zone' as part of a cease-fire agreement.

'The United States and Turkey have agreed to a cease-fire in Syria,' Pence announced at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara after protracted negotiations with the Turkish government.

Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spent more than four hours meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in order to get a deal.

Pence said the two countries 'have both mutually committed to a peaceful resolution and future for the safe zone, working on an international basis to ensure that peace and security defines this border region of Syria.'

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WNU Editor: This is a big deal. Turkey will get their "safe zone" along the border, and be responsible for it. Sanctions will be dropped against the Turks .... so much for the US Congress passing any sanctions bill. The Syrian Kurds have their security in their part of Syria (for now). This fight also forced (for the first time in years) an agreement between the Kurds and Syria/Russia for security in this region. The U.S. now has the opportunity to leave Syria with honour, but I suspect a good contingent of US soldiers will still remain. This deal could still fall apart, but from what I am seeing and reading, all the parties involved .... Turkey/the Kurds/Syria/Russia/and the U.S. .... want this ceasefire to succeed, because they all know the alternative will be a disaster.

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