UNDER CONTROL: President Donald Trump welcomed Russian intervention along with Syria to push back against Turkey's incursion into Syrian territory. But Syria does have a relationship with the Kurds,' Trump said. As bombing and shelling continued in northern Syria, he said: 'I view the situation on the Turkish border with Syria to be, for the United States, strategically brilliant. Pence said he was seeking a ceasefire on Trump's orders, but by describing it as 'not our problem,' Trump appeared to publicly countermand that. O'Brien flew to Ankara as an emergency measure to try to stave off an escalation of Turkey's attacks on Syrian Kurds.

Source: Daily Mail October 16, 2019 15:54 UTC