US President Barack Obama discussed over the telephone the recent developments in war-torn Syria with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said in a briefing on Friday, Sputnik reported.
Earlier on Friday, Erdogan said he would discuss with Obama the US stance on Syria's Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), which Ankara accuses of terrorism.
"President Obama did telephone President Erdogan earlier today," Earnest stated. "The conversation between the two leaders did talk about the situation in Syria."