Putin, Rouhani rebuff Turkey in call against Syrian extremists
(WorldNews Turkey)

ANKARA, Turkey - Russia and Iran expressed on Monday their growing frustration with extremists in northwest Syria, pitting them against Turkey, which fears renewed fighting in the area could unleash millions of migrants onto its borders. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iran´s Hassan Rouhani both said at a meeting in the Turkish capital with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that their 2018 accord to clear the province of Idlib, the last rebel bastion, didn´t go as planned and that Islamic militants have since gained ground. Although the two leaders stopped short of directly calling on their host to do more against the militants, their growing expectations from Ankara for help in Idlib puts...