![U.S. says struck ceasefire deal knowing Kurdish YPG could not hold territory]( "U.S. says struck ceasefire deal knowing Kurdish YPG could not hold territory")
The United States struck a ceasefire agreement with Turkey on Thursday that will halt the fighting in exchange for a retreat by Kurdish YPG militia from a “safe zone” area in part because the U.S. believed the Kurds would not be able to hold that area militarily anyway, a top U.S. official said. “There’s no doubt that the YPG wishes that they could stay in these areas,” U.S. Special Envoy to Syria James Jeffrey told pool reporters traveling with him. Turkey agreed on Thursday to pause its offensive in Syria for five days to let Kurdish forces withdraw from a “safe zone” Ankara had sought to capture, in a deal hailed by the Trump administration and cast by Turkey as a complete victory.
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