MOSCOW (Reuters) – Turkey and Russia concurred a ceasefire deal on Thursday in Syria’s Idlib region, their two leaders stated after lengthy talks in Moscow to contain a conflict which has displaced almost a million people in three months.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of his ruling AK Party during meeting at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, March 4,2020 Turkish Presidential Press Office/Handout through REUTERS
Russian President Vladimir Putin, standing beside his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan, said he hoped their agreement would cause a halt of military action in Syria’s last rebel fortress in the far northwest of the nation.
” I reveal hope that these agreements will function as a great basis for a cessation of military activity in the Idlib de-escalation zone (and) stop the suffering of the tranquil population and the growing humanitarian crisis,” Putin said.
Erdogan informed press reporters the truce would enter into impact at midnight on Thursday. “We will work together to provide aid for the Syrians in need,” he said, including that Turkey kept the right “to respond to all (Syrian) program attacks in the field.”
Russia and Turkey back opposing sides in Syria’s nine-year dispute, with Moscow supporting President Bashar al-Assad and Turkey backing some rebel