U.S., Turkey agree on ceasefire to allow Kurdish withdrawal from northern Syrian strip

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence meet at the presidential complex in Ankara, Turkey, on Oct. 17, 2019.The Trump administration has reached a deal with Turkey allowing Ankara to take a swath of land in northern Syria from the U.S.’s Kurdish allies, while giving the Kurds a five-day ceasefire to escape advancing Turkish forces.

Turkey invaded Syria last week to drive Kurdish forces, which Mr. Erdogan accuses of being terrorists, out of the “safe zone” along the border. Turkey also hopes to use that zone to send back Syrian asylum seekers who have taken refuge in Turkey during Syria’s eight-year-long civil war. Since Sunday, amid a swift backlash from both Democrats and Republicans, aghast that Mr. Trump would abandon the Kurds after they had done most of the serious fighting against ISIS, the President gave mixed signals. He imposed the steel tariffs on Turkey and warned Mr. Erdogan “Don’t be a fool!” in a letter. But the President also derided the Kurds, saying they were “not angels,” and that it was time for U.S. troops supporting them in Syria to “come home.

“This is a terrible deal for the Kurds. They have not only been abandoned by the U.S. in Syria, but now the U.S. negotiated a deal with Turkey that basically forces them to leave their territory,” said Sibel Oktay, an assistant professor of political science and global studies at the University of Illinois, Springfield. “Considering how instrumental they were for the U.S. in the fight against ISIS over the past several years, the Kurds definitely deserved a better arrangement.

It is ' pause' forawhile.Then if PKK dont obey agreement,Turkey will ' play' again

The Turks made it very ckear that they did NOT agree to any ceasefire.

That 'northern Syrian strip' is their home.

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