Russia, Turkey, Iranian regime to hold Syria summit

Russia, Turkey, Iranian regime to hold Syria summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin was set to host his Iranian and Turkish counterparts Thursday (Feb. 14) to discuss how to resolve the war in Syria as ISIS made a last stand in the east of the country and Washington prepares to withdraw troops.

A flurry of diplomatic efforts this week are focusing on the eight-year war in which more than 500,000 people have died.

The international anti-ISIS coalition is set to meet on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference while US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will attend a conference on the Middle East in Warsaw.

At their meeting in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Putin and Iranian regime's Hassan Rouhani and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan are set to discuss ways to advance intra-Syrian dialogue.

Russia has been a key player in the conflict since launching military intervention in 2015 in support of Assad's regime.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday the leaders would discuss forming a special committee tasked with drawing up a new post-war constitution for Syria.

In late December, the United Nations admitted it had failed to put such a committee in place, citing problems with changes wanted by Damascus to the list of proposed members.

It comes as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) with support from the Washington-led coalition on Saturday launched a "final" offensive against ISIS' last holdout in the eastern Deir-ez-Zor province.

The meeting will be the fourth summit between the countries' presidents since November 2017.

The Astana peace process, launched on the initiative of Moscow along with Iranian regime and Turkey, has eclipsed parallel talks led by the United Nations without coming up with a definitive solution to the conflict.

Based on AFP

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