BALADI NEWS
President Trump called Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday just days after US forces hit Syrian regime military bases near an area where the Turkish government is aiming to transfer thousands of Syrian refugees.
Trump “expressed deep concern over the violence in Idlib, Syria,” the White House said.
“Trump – in a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan – conveyed the United States’ desire to see an end to Russia’s support for the Assad government’s atrocities and for a political resolution to the Syrian conflict,” Deputy White House press secretary said in a statement.
Trump also thanked Erdogan for attempting to prevent a “humanitarian catastrophe” in northwestern Syria’s Idlib province, the White House added.
In September 2018, Turkey and Russia agreed to turn Idlib into a de-escalation zone in which acts of aggression are prohibited, but more than 1,800 civilians have been killed in attacks by the regime since then.
Some 800,000 people have fled since Syrian regime forces backed by Russian air power intensified an assault on Idlib in December.