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Turkey and Russia will implement Syria ceasefire 'before New Year' | Turkey and Russia will implement Syria ceasefire 'before New Year' |
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Turkey and Russia are planning to implement a countrywide ceasefire in Syria before the start of the New Year. | Turkey and Russia are planning to implement a countrywide ceasefire in Syria before the start of the New Year. |
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has also told the nation's A Haber television broadcaster that all foreign fighter groups, including Shia militant group and President Bashar al-Assad ally Hezbollah, need to leave the war-torn country. | Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has also told the nation's A Haber television broadcaster that all foreign fighter groups, including Shia militant group and President Bashar al-Assad ally Hezbollah, need to leave the war-torn country. |
It follows unconfirmed reports that the two governments had already agreed terms of a ceasefire deal in the wake of the evacuation of around 34,000 from under-siege Aleppo. | It follows unconfirmed reports that the two governments had already agreed terms of a ceasefire deal in the wake of the evacuation of around 34,000 from under-siege Aleppo. |
“We are planning to secure this before the beginning of the New Year,” said Mr Cavusoglu. | “We are planning to secure this before the beginning of the New Year,” said Mr Cavusoglu. |
"We are on the verge of an agreement with Russia. If everything goes all right, we will make this agreement." | "We are on the verge of an agreement with Russia. If everything goes all right, we will make this agreement." |
In the same interview, he said there is no joint operation between Turkey and Russia against Isis in the Syrian stronghold of al-Bab and that the US was not giving air support to its Syria operation. | In the same interview, he said there is no joint operation between Turkey and Russia against Isis in the Syrian stronghold of al-Bab and that the US was not giving air support to its Syria operation. |
The former migration committee chairman, who said Russia and Turkey will both be guarantors but that there is "nothing final" over whether Iran will also sign, added: "All foreign fighters need to leave Syria. Hezbollah needs to return to Lebanon." | The former migration committee chairman, who said Russia and Turkey will both be guarantors but that there is "nothing final" over whether Iran will also sign, added: "All foreign fighters need to leave Syria. Hezbollah needs to return to Lebanon." |
He also said the talks were "not an alternative" to United Nations-backed negotiations in Geneva, but were a "complementary step", and said dialogue between Turkey and President Assad was "out of the question". | He also said the talks were "not an alternative" to United Nations-backed negotiations in Geneva, but were a "complementary step", and said dialogue between Turkey and President Assad was "out of the question". |
Russia, Iran and Turkey said last week they were ready to help broker a peace deal after holding talks in Moscow. | Russia, Iran and Turkey said last week they were ready to help broker a peace deal after holding talks in Moscow. |
Ankara and the Kremlin however fail to agree over President Assad, who is supported by President Vladimir Putin but vehemently opposed as a "tyrant" by Turkey's President Recep Erdogan. | Ankara and the Kremlin however fail to agree over President Assad, who is supported by President Vladimir Putin but vehemently opposed as a "tyrant" by Turkey's President Recep Erdogan. |
A potential ceasefire in September, brokered by the US and Russia, failed as the Syrian government continued bombing rebel-held areas. | |
The war in Syria has killed potentially more than 430,000, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights - a monitoring group - and an estimated 11 million Syrians have fled their homes since March 2011. | |
Around one million Syrians have requested asylum to Europe, including 300,000 applications to Germany, according to the European University Institute in Florence. | Around one million Syrians have requested asylum to Europe, including 300,000 applications to Germany, according to the European University Institute in Florence. |