Obama urges Turkey`s Erdogan to withdraw troops from Iraq

  19 December 2015    Read: 1123
Obama urges Turkey`s Erdogan to withdraw troops from Iraq
President Barack Obama urged Turkey`s President Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call on Friday to "de escalate tensions" with Iraq by continuing to withdraw Turkish forces from northern Iraq, the White House said in a statement.
The leaders also discussed the fight against Islamic State militants in Syria including efforts to support the moderate opposition in the war-torn nation, the White House said.

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