<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222;background:white">USVice-President Mike Pence today announced that Turkey and United States haveagreed to a ceasefire in northern Syria. All military operations will be pausedfor five days, and the US will help facilitate an "orderlywithdrawal" of Kurdish-led troops.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222"><br />''<span style="background:white">The announcement came after talks between MrPence and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara. </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:times new roman,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman"><o:p /></span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222"><br />''Turkey launched its assault on last week. Ankara aimed to repel a Kurdishmilitia that it views as a terrorist group, and resettle Syrian refugees in thearea. The cross-border offensive came after US President Donald Trump pulled USforces out of the border region. <o:p /></span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222"><br />''Mr Trump tweeted about the ceasefire before Mr Pence announced it. Mr Trump hadtweeted that millions of lives will be saved!<o:p /></span></p><br />