Vice President Mike Pence announces cease-fire agreement with Turkey in Syria

• Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday announced the US had brokered a five-day cease-fire agreement with Turkey, after it launched a military offensive against Kurdish forces in northeast Syria earlier this month
• President Donald Trump said on Twitter that he had "great news" and thanked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday announced the US had brokered a five-day cease-fire with Turkey, after it launched a military offensive against Kurdish forces in northeast Syria earlier this month.

"Let me say this also includes an agreement by Turkey to engage in no military action against the community of Kobani," Pence said in a press conference. "And, in addition, the United States and Turkey have both mutually committed to a peaceful resolution and future for the safe zone, working on an international basis to ensure that peace and security defines this border region with Syria."

President Donald Trump said on Twitter that he had "great news" and thanked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

"Millions of lives will be saved," Trump said in his tweet.

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Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo traveled to Turkey this week to express concerns over Turkey's offensive in Syria. Numerous reports of civilian casualties and ISIS prisoner breakouts emerged in the wake of the fight between the Kurds and Turkish-backed militants.

Erdogan is scheduled to meet Trump at the White House in mid-November.