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US hails Turkish cease-fire; Kurds must vacate border area

By ROBERT BURNS and ZEKE
MILLER
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — COLD
The U.S. and Turkey agreed
Thursday to a cease-fire in
the Turks' deadly attacks on
Kurdish fighters in northern
Syria, requiring the Kurds TURKEY
to vacate the area in an
arrangement that largely
solidifies Turkey's position
and aims in the weeklong
conflict. The deal includes
a conditional halt to Ameri-
can economic sanctions.
After negotiations with Turk-
ish President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan, U.S. Vice Presi-
dent Mike Pence hailed
the five-day cease-fire as
the way to end the blood-
shed caused by Turkey's in-
vasion. He remained silent
on whether it amounted to
a second abandonment
of America's former Kurd-
ish allies in the fight against
the Islamic State group.
Turkish troops and Turkish-
backed Syrian fighters
launched their offensive
against Kurdish forces in Vice President Mike Pence, left, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo leave the Ambassador’s Residence as they walk to a motor-
cade en route to the Presidential Palace for talks on the Kurds and Syria, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, in Ankara, Turkey.
northern Syria a week ago, Associated Press
two days after President
Donald Trump suddenly ing on the Kurds, who had Turkish Foreign Minister key, and he insisted Turkish zone; he said Turkish control
announced he was with- taken heavy casualties Mevlut Cavusoglu said armed forces will control of the Syrian side of the bor-
drawing the U.S. military as partners with the U.S. in the United States had ac- the zone. He also made der must extend all the way
from the area. Trump was fighting IS extremists since cepted the idea of a “safe clear that Turkey will not to the Iraqi border.
widely criticized for turn- 2016. zone” long pushed by Tur- stop at a previously limited Continued on Next Page