Trump and Erdogan Discuss Escalating Violence in Syria, Halt to Idlib Crisis

President Donald Trump and Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke on Feb. 15 just days after U.S. and Syrian government forces clashed.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan take part in a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Nov. 13, 2019. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

President Donald Trump and Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke on Feb. 15, just days after U.S. and Syrian government forces clashed in northeastern Syria, where Turkey’s government is conducting an operation to resettle thousands of Syrian refugees.

Trump discussed the conflicts in the region as he called for Russia to put an end to its support for the “atrocities” of the Syrian regime.