President Trump and Turkish President Recep Erdoğan stressed their "common commitment" to regional stability in the Middle East during a phone call on Saturday, according to the White House.

The brief readout of the call released by the White House said the U.S. and Turkey were working together to increase stability in the region, which is plagued by the crisis surrounding the Syrian civil war.

Trump and Erdoğan previously discussed Syria on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in July.

The two leaders' relationship has turned tense in recent months.

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The Turkish president publicly lashed out at Trump's decision in May to arm Syrian Kurds in the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

“We want to believe that our allies would prefer [to] be side by side with ourselves rather than with the terror groups,” he said at the time.

The Turkish leader's visit to Washington in May also stoked controversy when Erdoğan's body guards were seen roughing up protesters outside of the Turkish ambassador's residence.

Various U.S. lawmakers in turn proposed withholding military equipment and visas from Turkey, which is a NATO ally.

A grand jury in late August indicted 19 defendants, including 15 Turkish security officials, over charges stemming from the violent attack on protesters.

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