Pence Says Turkey Has Agreed To a Cease-Fire In Syria

October 17, 2019 1:59 pm

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – Vice President Mike Pence says that Turkey has agreed to a cease-fire in Syria.   Pence spoke after a high-level delegation of U.S. officials met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (REH’-jehp TY’-ihp UR’-doh-wahn) in Ankara, Turkey.   Pence says there will “a pause in military operations for 120 hours” to allow the U.S.-allied Syrian Kurds to withdraw.   The vice president says the U.S. and Turkey have “mutually committed to peaceful resolution and future for the safe zone.”