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US demands Syria ceasefire but Turkey defiant

Turkish forces fired a missile towards the Syrian town of Ras al-Ain, from the Turkish side of the border

US President Donald Trump has dispatched his deputy Mike Pence to Turkey to demand a ceasefire in Syria, as Ankara rebuffed international pressure to curb its deadly offensive against Kurdish forces.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Wednesday that Turkey's operation -- which has been facilitated by the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria -- would continue.

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