Kurds say Turkey is violating hours-old 'ceasefire' in northern Syria

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(CNN)Clashes continued on the border between Turkey and Syria on Friday, according to eyewitnesses and Kurdish fighters, despite US Vice President Mike Pence's announcement that he and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had brokered a five-day ceasefire there.

Shelling and artillery fire was reported Friday in the border town of Ras al-Ain, one of the targets of Turkey's week-old offensive against Kurdish fighters, who have long been backed by the United States.

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) told CNN that shelling by the Turkish military and the Syrian rebel proxies supporting them has hit a number of civilian areas in Ras al-Ain, including a hospital.

"SDF are committed to the ceasefire, but from last night until this morning we are seeing shelling on Ras al-Ain by the Turkish military and its mercenaries on SDF and civilian Kurdish targets, and in particular on the Ras al-Ain hospital in the city this morning," SDF Press Commander Merivan Qamishlo said.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/18/middleeast/syria-turkey-ceasefire-violations-intl/index.html

[Turbineguy]

1. aren't the Trurks worried about

Pence enforcing it?

[lark]

2. When I heard this yesterday, my first thought was it's a total lie.

turkey isn't going to stop when they have their enemy in their sights, they want to destroy the Kurds and have for ages.

[NewJeffCT]

3. Basically

the Turks paused long enough to refuel their vehicles and to clean and reload their weapons

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4. Why those dirty birds!

Nobody could have predicted . . .