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Dohuk, Iraq — A bipartisan neighborhood of U.S. congressional leaders become heading to the White condo Wednesday to focus on a possible strategy to strike a ceasefire deal between Syria and Turkey, as vp Mike Pence was anticipated to move foreign places. but there became no signal that both aspect turned into about to cease its fight in northeast Syria.

New video showed Turkish troops firing tank shells as they pushed harder of their fight towards america's former allies within the place, the Kurdish militias who helped defeat ISIS. And Turkish chief Recep Tayyip Erdogan has already talked about he "will in no way declare a ceasefire."

Erdogan disregarded sanctions imposed on his government by using President Trump prior this week and pointed out the simplest option to conclusion the Turkish offensive became for the Kurds to fully retreat from the land they've held for many years. speaking Wednesday to Sky information, as Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo were expected to fly to Turkey's capital Ankara, Erdogan originally looked as if it would indicate he would not meet with them.

"i am standing tall. i cannot meet with them," Erdogan advised Sky information, in line with his translator. "they are going to meet with their counterparts. i will communicate when Trump comes."  

but the Turkish executive directly disregarded that as a miscommunication. Turkish government spokesman Fahrettin Altun noted on Twitter that Erdogan "does plan to satisfy the U.S. delegation led by means of @vp [Pence] tomorrow."

Pence's workplace told CBS news the vice chairman and Pompeo would still commute to Turkey as planned, arriving Thursday.  

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Erdogan launched his offensive in Syria soon after a mobile name with Mr. Trump closing week. U.S. officers pointed out Mr. Trump had been unable to convince Erdogan not to attack the Kurds, who had been essential American allies in the place for greater than five years.

On Tuesday evening, Erdogan spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin — the latest indicator of Russia's main function on and off the most advanced battlefield in the middle East, CBS news correspondent Charlie D'Agata reviews from interior Iraq, about 20 miles from that country's three-method border with Syria and Turkey.

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President Putin now ultimately controls the enviornment in Syria once dominated by means of U.S. forces and their Kurdish allies. defense force motors flying Russian flags have been viewed using around the Syrian flashpoint metropolis of Manbij on Tuesday.

journalists from Russian television channels had been considered mocking the united states in a demonstrate-and-tell at the deserted U.S. military base in Manbij on Tuesday. They showed off mess halls with half-eaten meals, absolutely stocked refrigerators and private gadgets, suggesting the troops left in a rush.

CBS information has realized that American forces throughout northeast Syria have retreated to larger bases, just like the one in Kobani, to begin airlifting heavy machine out of the nation. nonetheless it's a dangerous operation.

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When Turkish-backed militias — extremists made from former al Qaeda and ISIS fighters — came too close to an American unit this week, the U.S. spoke back with a "show of force" in the kind of Apache helicopters buzzing low to over the heads of the opponents to discourage an increase.

because the warzone widens, D'Agata spoke of civilians escaping the violence are working out of locations to move, with many crossing into neighboring Iraq to are looking for refuge.

D'Agata observed he noticed refugees making a desperate destroy for the emergency exits. earlier than they had to make a run for the border themselves, he and his group visited numerous evacuated U.S. bases like the one in Manbij. In commonplace, neatly-planned withdrawals, most every little thing is packed away. but these bases appeared like places frozen in time.

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