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Monday, October 14, 2019

Trump asks Turkey for ceasefire in Syria as violence spirals out of control

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Donald Trump spoke directly to the Turkish president, Tayyip ErdoÄŸan, on Monday to demand an immediate ceasefire in Syria while announcing a series of punishments for Ankara that critics saw as an attempt to save face.

The US president’s conversation with ErdoÄŸan was revealed by the vice-president, Mike Pence, who said he would soon be travelling to the Middle East. “The United States of America did not give a green light for Turkey to invade Syria,” Pence insisted to reporters at the White House.

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