ERBIL
— US Vice President Mike Pence announced that he has reached an
agreement with Turkey to end the Turkish offensive in Syrian Kurdistan.
According
to Pence, the ceasefire will be active immediately, and it will give
the Kurdish forces the ability to withdraw from the border territories
within 120 hours.
“We will
work with YPG members… to facilitate and orderly withdraw,” Pence said
about the Kurdish armed forces who make up the majority of the Syrian
Democratic Forces (SDF).
