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US Pushing for Cease-fire After Turkey's Push Into N. Syria

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   The United States says diplomatic efforts are on "high gear" to press
   for a cease-fire after Turkey's incursion into northern Syria, as
   Washington tries to get the situation under control, according to a
   senior State Department official.

   "Goal number one is to carry out diplomacy to try to find a cease fire.
   Get the situation under control. It's very, very confusing. It's
   dangerous for our troops. It's placing the fight against ISIS at risk.
   It's placing at risk the safe imprisonment of almost 10,000 detainees,"
   the official said, using an acronym for the Islamic State terror group.

   The official noted that there has not been"any major successful
   breakout so far of detainees," referring to imprisoned IS fighters and
   their families. Syrian Kurdish officials have said hundreds of
   suspected IS prisoners have escaped.

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