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Always endorsed a safe zone, and it was a matter of discussion and negotiations, and we believe that the kurdish population in syria with which we have a strong relationship will continue to endure. and a strong part in defeating isis but we recognize the importance and value of a safe zone to create a buffer between syria proper and the kurdish population and the turkish border, and were going to be working very closely. so we think the agreement today first ends the violence, which is what pre...

Cease-fire. thanks to the agreement that we negotiated today and the strong stand that president trump took, in the preceding days, weve achieved that. weve also achieved and opportunity by working with ypg to move out of the area to create more peace and security and stability in that buffer zone, and were going to be working very earnestly to accomplish that and believe that can be accomplished during the 120-hour period and after which theyll be a permanent cease-fire and then well continue t...

Agreement >> vice president pence: the president was looking for an immediate cease-fire and through the course of our discussions, we were able to arrive at an agreement with president erdogan that implements an immediate cease-fire, creates a period of five days where we will have the opportunity to facilitate our kurdish allies to move out of the safe zone region. once thats a compass, than the cease-fire becomes permanent and there will be a hold of all military operations in the safe zone. ...

Order to allow kurdish forces to withdraw from the safe zone. the u.s. will not pursue any additional sanctions and once the cease-fire becomes permanent, all sanctions will be lifted. some senior sources have been telling us there is no way the kurds can leave a security zone, there are thousands of kurds who live in what the turks called a buffer zone, thats where the fighters family lived, thats where they are from. lets start there. matthew continetti, founding editor of "the washington free...

Least a 120 day pause which he called a cease-fire with more to come. the president upon landing on air force one this afternoon said he was thrilled with what the vice president came up with. listen. >> president trump: hes gotten everything we couldve ever dreamed of. we have done a great thing for a partner. if we didnt go this unconventional, tough love approach, you could have never gotten it done. >> the presidents critics say it was his actions a couple weeks ago that precipitated this wh...

>> good morning from ankara, one vice president mike pence and secretary of state mike pompeo came here to ankara, the turkish president erdogan said no way would he ever discuss a cease-fire with them. clearly, they changed his mind. president trump was infuriated turkish president erdogan went well past any syrian operation he outlined to the president and ignored a pointed letter warning him "dont be a tough guy, dont be a fool." after some diplomatic arm-twisting by vice president mike pence...

We think the agreement today, first ends the violence, president trump sent us here to do. now, i say it again and again to president erdogan, president trump sent us here to end the violence. and to achieve immediate cease-fire. and thanks to the agreement that we negotiated today at the strong that the president took in the preceding days, we achieve that. and we achieved an opportunity by working with ypg to move out of the area to create more peace and security and stability in that buffer z...

The obama administration allowed s christian was saying a branch of the pkk which is a terrorist organization operating in turkey to set up a buffer zone in syrian territory along the turkish border. this was always unacceptable for turkey, it was eventually going to lead to conflict. the question now is how do we move forward? i think thats what vice president pence is moving on. president trump has pressured her to want to start negotiations. at the end of the day, american people dont know wh...

Is united on this. theyre getting ready to hammer turkey with sanctions as well. >> bill: what is erdogans incentive if he wants to either avoid the sanctions or if he wants to complete the military operation that appears to have widespread support on behalf of his own people. >> he wants to complete the military operation. they put a lot of weeks into this as military leaders have prepared for it. he wants to establish about a 30-mile buffer zone from the euphrates river valley to iraq. he is c...

The obama administration allowed ask additional is saying our branch of the pkk, a terrorist organization operating in turkey to set up a buffer zone in syrian territory along the turkish border. this is always unacceptable from turkey. it was eventually going to lead to conflict. the question is how do we move forward and i think that is what mike pence is moving on but that the end of the day the american people dont know why american soldiers are in syria and they want them to come home and t...