- Title: Pence arrives in Ankara for talks with Erdogan on Syria offensive
- Date: 17th October 2019
- Summary: ANKARA, TURKEY (OCTOBER 17, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PLANE CARRYING U.S. VIDE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE TAXIING ON TARMAC PENCE DISEMBARKING PENCE TALKING TO OFFICIALS CONVOY PARKED ON TARMAC PENCE SEATED IN THE CAR VARIOUS OF CONVOY LEAVING
- Embargoed: 31st October 2019 10:56
- Keywords: U.S. Mike Pompeo airport Turkey U.S. Vice President Secretary of State Syria military operation United States arrival Mike Pence
- Location: ANKARA, TURKEY
- City: ANKARA, TURKEY
- Country: Turkey
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
- Reuters ID: LVA001B1HHV0N
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence arrived on Thursday (October 17) in Ankara for talks with President Tayyip Erdogan over Turkey's military offensive into northeastern Syria.
Pence is expected to urge Turkey to halt its offensive against Kurdish fighters in northeast Syria, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened heavy sanctions over the operation.
Turkey's week-long assault has created a new humanitarian crisis in Syria with 160,000 civilians taking flight, a security alert over thousands of Islamic State fighters abandoned in Kurdish jails, and a political maelstrom at home for Trump.
Trump has been accused of abandoning Kurdish fighters, who were Washington's main partners in the battle to dismantle Islamic State's self-declared caliphate in Syria, by withdrawing troops from the border as Turkey launched its offensive on Oct. 9.
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