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Russian president Vladimir Putin meets with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday in Moscow to discuss the situation in Idlib, Syria (Photo: The Kremlin)

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Putin and Erdoğan agree Idlib ceasefire, but will it hold?

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian president Vladimir Putin agreed to restart a ceasefire in Idlib, the last rebel-held province in Syria, at their meeting in Moscow on Thursday (5 March).

The agreement looks like a reconfirmation of the Sochi deal in September 2018 where Russia promised not to attack Idlib, while Turkey promised to disarm jihadist groups, except that Turkey loses a substantial part of the province in the new pact.

The deal preserves some of the ga...

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Russian president Vladimir Putin meets with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday in Moscow to discuss the situation in Idlib, Syria (Photo: The Kremlin)

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