U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Thursday he had reached a deal with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan for a ceasefire in northern Syria to end an eight-day-old Turkish offensive against Kurdish-led forces.
The deal all military operations would be paused to allow a pullback of Kurdish YPG militia over a 120-hour period.
Reuters:
Turkey claims otherwise:
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