Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar met with Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, at İncirlik Airbase near the southern Turkish city of Adana on Friday.
The US-led international coalition should increase support of Ankara's Euphrates Shield Operation in northern Syria, Hulusi Akar said Friday, as quoted in the General Staff statement.
"Gen. Akar has announced the importance of increasing support provided by the coalition," the statement said in the follow-up to the meeting.
Akar has also informed Dunford on the progress in retaking the northern Syrian city of Al-Bab from Islamic State, the statement said, saying the Turkish forces and Ankara-backed Free Syrian Army militants completely surrounded the town.
The sides discussed the fight against terrorism in Syria and Iraq and noted the unity of views on the issue, the statement added.
The Turkish army launched a campaign inside Syria on August 24 codenamed Euphrates Shield to clean its border from IS jihadists and stop the advance of Kurdish militia. The clashes in Al-Bab have proved the toughest in the campaign, with Turkish military fatalities surging.
Turkey has suggested that it could turn its sights to Raqa after the Al-Bab operation is complete, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan discussing both Al-Bab and Raqqa in a call with US President Donald Trump.
