The U.S. soldier who chased terrorist Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi until the moment of his death was a military canine.

Mortars are flying in northern Syria, but Turkey insists it is only firing in self-defense and upholding the Oct. 17 cease-fire agreement. Dave Eubank with the humanitarian group Free Burma Rangers said he escaped a Turkish attack this weekend in the village of Soda, where drone strikes wounded Kurds.

At the end of two weeks of fighting in Syria, the United States has paid a high price to get perhaps 1,000 U.S. military personnel out of harm’s way.

An area in the process of stabilizing under a semi-autonomous constitution aimed at restoring rights to Kurds, Christians, Yazidis, and Arab Muslims has reverted to a turbulent scene of atrocities and jihadist movements.

Turkey may have breached a cease-fire less than 24 hours after President Donald Trump withdrew sanctions on the country. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said Turkey and its Syrian allies targeted three villages on Thursday, causing thousands of civilians to flee.

Russian military police on Wednesday resumed patrol duties along parts of the Syrian border after a “safe-zone” agreement with Turkey. The deal followed more than six hours of talks on Tuesday between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

“There is no cease-fire here,” said Dave Eubank, director of Free Burma Rangers, one of the few U.S.-based aid groups working near the front lines in northeast Syria. Three days into a five-day cease-fire brokered by Vice President Mike Pence, bombs and artillery fire rained on the city of Ras al-Ain in defiance of the agreement. Eyewitnesses like Eubank reported widespread atrocities, including alleged use of chemical weapons, contradicting assurances from Washington and Ankara of creating a “safe zone” inside Syria.

Twenty-four hours after Vice President Mike Pence shook hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to inaugurate a five-day cease-fire in northeastern Syria, bombs and artillery fire rained on the town of Ras al-Ain in defiance of the agreement.