"They discussed ongoing US-Turkish engagement as part of the deliberate and coordinated withdrawal of US forces from Syria. Secretary Pompeo reiterated the commitment of the United States to addressing Turkish security concerns along the Turkey-Syria border, while emphasizing the importance that the United States places on the protection of forces that worked with the United States and the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS*," the press release, published on the state department's website, said.
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He later said that he had decided to postpone the start of the military operation in Syria after a phone conversation with Trump on December 14, during which the US president also revealed his plans to withdraw troops from Syria.
*Daesh (ISIL/ISIS/Islamic State/IS), a terrorist group banned in Russia and a wide number of other countries.