Pompeo, Turkish Counterpart Agree Assad Idlib Offensive Would Be Unacceptable - State Dept

WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 05th September, 2018) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu agreed during a phone call on Tuesday that any offensive by Syrian President Bashar Assad in Idlib would be unacceptable and an escalation of the country's conflict, the State Department said in a press release.

"Pompeo spoke today with Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and both agreed that any Assad regime military offensive in Idlib would be an unacceptable, reckless escalation of the conflict in Syria," the release said.