Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he discussed the situation in Syria with the US President Barack Obama in a call, adding Obama asked how he could help when he was told about difficulties evacuating people from the city of Aleppo.
Erdogan said he had voiced concern to Obama about Iraq, where Turkey fears Iranian-backed groups could take over the town of Tal Afar and Kurdish militants the town of Sinjar.
"A short time ago we had a long phone call with Mr Obama. We didn't only discuss the situation in Syria, but also in Iraq. We discussed the ongoing evacuation problem," Reuters cited Erdogan as saying.
"I reminded him the importance of our responsibility in case an unfavorable situation emerges in Tal Afar and Sinjar. Obama asked me how he could help, and I explained it to him," he added.
He also spoke to the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin and the new UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
