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A ceasefire deal between Moscow and Ankara in Syria’s Idlib region needs to be cemented with a no-fly zone to stop any further bombings of hospitals, Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok said on Friday. “It would be wise to add a no-fly…

Turkey staged an attack with a combat drone against Syrian government forces in Syria’s Idlib on Thursday before a ceasefire went into effect, destroying military equipment and “neutralising” soldiers, the Turkish defense ministry said.…

Turkey and Russia agreed a ceasefire deal on Thursday in Syria’s Idlib region, their two leaders said after lengthy talks in Moscow to contain a conflict which has displaced nearly a million people in three months.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday began talks over a potential ceasefire in northern Syria with his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan by offering condolences over the recent killing of Turkish soldiers there. Putin, speaking…

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that he had asked President Vladimir Putin for Russia to step aside in Syria and leave Turkey to deal with Syrian government forces alone, after 34 Turkish soldiers were killed this week.…

Russia and Turkey have agreed to reduce tensions on the ground in Syria’s Idlib province while continuing military action there, the Russian foreign ministry said on Saturday following several days of talks in Ankara. “Concrete steps to…

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan spoke by phone on Friday to discuss the implementation of agreements on Syria’s Idlib province amid mounting tension, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. Lavrov told…

Turkey said on Friday that air strikes in Syria’s Idlib region which killed 33 of its troops happened despite coordination with Russian officials on the ground, and that the attacks continued after a warning being made after the first…

Russian Presidential Spokesman Dimitry Peskov said on Thursday that President Vladimir Putin's schedule does not yet include a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on March 5. Peskov added, however, that there are…

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the Turkish side responsible for the escalation of tension in the Idlib region, northwest of Syria, today, Wednesday, stressing that Turkey does not adhere to a "chronic" commitment to the framework of…