{"id":8557,"date":"2019-02-14T08:27:20","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T00:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=8557"},"modified":"2019-02-14T08:27:22","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T00:27:22","slug":"leaders-of-turkey-russia-iran-to-meet-in-syria-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=8557","title":{"rendered":"Leaders of Turkey, Russia, Iran to meet in Syria summit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/leader-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8558\" srcset=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/leader-1024x512.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/leader-300x150.jpg 300w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/leader-768x384.jpg 768w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/leader-600x300.jpg 600w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/leader.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Photo courtesy Anadolu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Feb 14 (NNN-ANADOLU) \u2013 Russian, Turkish and Iranian presidents will meet Thursday in Russia&#8217;s coastal city of Sochi for a summit on Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a Turkish Presidency statement on Wednesday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will depart for Russia from Turkey on Thursday to attend the fourth trilateral summit on Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russia\u2019s Vladimir Putin and Iran\u2019s Hassan Rouhani will also attend the summit, the statement added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe joint efforts, conducted on the ground and within the political process by the Astana Platform in order to find a lasting solution to the Syrian conflict, will be reviewed at the summit,\u201d it read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Erdogan will address regional issues and bilateral relations during his bilateral meetings with Russian and Iranian counterparts, it said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>Long-term settlement of Syria crisis<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Syria has been locked in a vicious civil war since early 2011, when the Assad regime cracked down on protesters with unexpected ferocity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since then, hundreds of thousands of people are believed to have been killed and millions more displaced by the conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First met in Sochi in 2017, the three leaders are expected to concentrate on the long-term settlement of the Syrian crisis at the fourth meeting slated for Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They will also discuss the increased violence in Syria&#8217;s northwestern Idlib, U.S. withdrawal from Syria, and the ongoing efforts to form a Syrian constitutional committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turkey and Russia, together with Iran, are the guarantor countries which brokered a cease-fire in Syria in December 2016, leading to the Astana talks, which are running parallel to the Geneva talks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last trilateral summit was held in Iranian capital Tehran with a focus on the latest situation in the de-escalation zone in Idlib. It wrapped up with the call on a cease-fire in Idlib.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a Sochi meeting between Erdogan and Putin last September, the two sides agreed to set up a demilitarized zone &#8212; in which acts of aggression are expressly prohibited &#8212; in Idlib.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following month saw all heavy weapons withdrawn from the de-escalation zone by Syrian opposition and anti-regime groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nevertheless, according to the White Helmets, at least 30 people in Idlib were killed in January, including women and children, while another 180 were injured &#8212; in Idlib, Hama and Latakia &#8212; by regime drone attacks and artillery fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month also saw the regime targeting Idlib\u2019s southeastern countryside, along with rural parts of the Aleppo, Latakia and Hama provinces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Feb 14 (NNN-ANADOLU) \u2013 Russian, Turkish and Iranian presidents will meet Thursday in Russia&#8217;s coastal city of Sochi for a summit on Syria. According to a Turkish Presidency statement on Wednesday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will depart for Russia from Turkey on Thursday to attend the fourth trilateral summit on Syria. 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