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Calm in northeast Syria as US-Turkey fragile ceasefire holds

Trump's move also means the extent of Turkey's ambitions in the region is likely to be determined by Russia and Iran

US-Turkey air strike in Syria
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FILE PHOTO: Turkish and US troops return from a joint US-Turkey patrol in northern Syria | Photo: Reuters

Tuvan Gumrukcu | Reuters Ankara
A fragile ceasefire was holding along Turkey’s border with Syria on Saturday, two days after President Tayyip Erdogan agreed the truce to allow Kurdish forces time to pull back from Ankara’s cross-border assault.

Erdogan agreed the truce during talks in Ankara on Thursday with US Vice-President Mike Pence on stemming a humanitarian crisis, which has put 200,000 civilians to flight in northeast Syria, and easing a security scare over thousands of Islamic State captives guarded by the Kurdish YPG militia targeted in Turkey's assault.

Turkey's defence ministry said on Saturday there had been 14 "provocative attacks" from Syria in the past 36