Secretary of State Mike Pompeo underlined that “hundreds of thousands of Syrians of all faiths, but predominantly Muslim, are being harmed by what the Assad regime, the Russians and the Iranians are doing inside of Idlib. And the Turkish Government has asked us for a handful of things. We’re evaluating all of those requests”. “We believe firmly that our NATO partner Turkey has the full right to defend itself against the risk that’s being created by what Assad, the Russians and the Iranians are doing inside of Syria”, Pompeo added.