Pentagon announces meeting of U.S. and Turkish officials

U.S. and Turkish military officials will meet this week, Pentagon spokesperson Heather Babb said.

According to the spokesperson, they will discuss further coordination on possible future military operations in northwest Syria as well as security issues.

"I can confirm that there will be meetings this week in Turkey. The United States and Turkey are coordinating actively on all issues affecting both Turkish security and the situation in northeast Syria. I will not get into details of those discussions," Sputnik cited Babb as saying.