NYTimes | Speaker Nancy Pelosi has traveled to
Jordan to meet with the Jordanian king for “vital” discussions about the
Turkish incursion into Syria and other regional challenges, amid uncertainty about whether an American-brokered cease-fire with Turkey in northern Syria was holding.
The
visit by senior United States officials came as sporadic clashes
continued on Sunday morning along the Turkish-Syrian border, where,
according to the Turkish Defense Ministry, a Turkish soldier was killed
by Kurdish fighters in the Syrian border town of Tel Abyad.
Confusion and continued shelling have marred the cease-fire deal
announced by Vice President Mike Pence last week, with both Turkey and
Kurdish leaders accusing each other of violating the truce.
Ms.
Pelosi, a California Democrat, led a nine-member bipartisan
congressional delegation to Jordan that included Representatives Adam
Schiff, Democrat of California; Eliot L. Engel, Democrat of New York;
and Mac Thornberry, Republican of Texas. The group met with King
Abdullah II of Jordan on Saturday evening.
