Turkey signaled it will reject U.S. calls for a cease-fire in northern Syria, as a top Turkish official described the allies as "miles apart" just hours ahead of crunch talks between Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Mike Pence.

Syria’s main Kurdish militia has the distinction of being the only faction in the war-torn country to have the backing of both Russian and United States air-strikes. However, its advances against rebel forces in the north of Syria have rankled Turkey and