Gap Fill - Turkey-Syria - Level 5

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Donald Trump has asked Turkey's Recep Erdogan to end military in Syria. Turkey started attacking towns in Syria last week after the USA pulled out a group of its . Turkey launched attacks on Kurdish fighters to create a zone on its border. Mr Trump called for an ceasefire and for with the Kurds. US Vice-President told President Erdogan: "The USA wants Turkey to stop the , implement an ceasefire and to begin to negotiate with Kurdish forces in Syria to bring an end to the ".

President Erdogan said Turkey would go with its offensive in Syria, calls from around the world to stop. He said: "We will declare a ceasefire. The USA is pressuring us to stop the operation. It is announcing . Our goal is . We are not worried about any sanctions." He added: "The community missed its opportunity to prevent the Syrian from pulling an entire region into a of instability." He said the European Union and the should support Turkey. Mr Trump said: "It is not our problem. It is for us to go home."

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