Kremlin, After Summit, Says No Offensive Planned in Syria´s Idlib
(WorldNews Iran)

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meet in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi, Feb. 14, 2019. Photo: Sergei Chirikov / Pool via Reuters. President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia, Turkey and Iran had agreed to take unspecified extra steps to clear Syria’s Idlib region of what he called “a hotbed of terrorists,� but the Kremlin said there would be no military operation there. Putin, one of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s closest allies, was speaking after hosting a summit in southern Russia to weigh the future of Syria with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian...