Presidents of Russia, Iran and Turkey to discuss Idlib ceasefire and political solutions to Syrian war, now in its ninth year, at Syria summit
Hassan Rouhani of Iran, Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey and Vladimir Putin of Russia hold a joint news conference after their meeting in Ankara, Turkey April 4, 2018. Topping the agenda of Monday's meeting is the volatile situation in northwestern Idlib province – the last opposition-rebel stronghold in Syria.
The conflict in Idlib has raised the possibility of a mass refugee flow toward Turkey's border. Turkey already hostsThe meeting is the fifth such trilateral meeting of countries who stand on opposing sides of the conflict. Under a deal with Moscow and Tehran two years ago, Turkey set up 12 military observation posts in northwest Syria aimed at reducing fighting between Assad's forces and rebels.
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