Erdogan tells Putin that Syrian offensive is causing humanitarian crisis
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Russia's Vladimir Putin on Friday that Syrian army attacks in northwest Syria are causing a humanitarian crisis and threaten Turkey's national security, the Turkish presidency said.
Syrian troops have encircled rebels and a Turkish military post in northwest Syria in an offensive to reclaim territory and towns they lost early in the war.
Turkey has supported some rebel factions in the northwestern Idlib region, while Russia and Iran back Assad.
