US and Turkish intelligence chiefs talk over phone 

The director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), William Burns, and the Head of Turkey's National Intelligence Organization, Hakan Fidan, held a phone conversation, Report informs, citing the US media sources.

The sides discussed operations conducted by the Turkish Armed Forces in Syria and northern Iraq.

Burns expressed his concern about the possible ground operation of Turkiye in Syria and northern Iraq and the security of the US military in those areas.