turk toy deescalate but limit its military actions and try to avoid civilian casualties. as you were mentioning earlier, wolf, the reaction to the white house readout has been saying that s not exactly how the conversation between both leaders unfolded. they re saying they did broadly talk about this. we actually heard from turkey s foreign minister, who said that erdogan told president trump that he should withdraw the small u.s. military force and the ypg fighters that exist. arwa damon reporting for us, as she always does. thank you so much for that report. department of justice in washington says it has recovered missing text messages sent by two fbi agents under scrutiny for comments about president trump. we have details.
following right now, a dispute over what was said in phone conversations, adding tension between two nato allies. white house says president trump told turkey to deescalate its military operations in syria. but saying the president didn t express that concern at all. the u.s. backs the kurdish fighters, regarding them as key fighters in the fight against isis. turkey considers that same group to be considered terrorists and trying to drive them out of the town of afrin. damon arwa is joining us now. she s back in turkey. you were there in that flashpoint city in syria. tell our viewers around the world what you saw. reporter: we did manage to get up to what is considered to be the outer perimeter of the territory that is controlled by