![Russia, Turkey, Iran fail to agree on Syria de-escalation zones Russia, Turkey, Iran fail to agree on Syria de-escalation zones](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/http://img.astroawani.com/2017-07/51499305998_UNAstana.jpg)
Russia, Turkey, Iran fail to agree on Syria de-escalation zones
Russia, Turkey and Iran failed in talks on Wednesday to finalise an agreement on creating four de-escalation zones in Syria after Ankara raised objections, diplomats said.
Thu Jul 06 2017
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Assad says de-escalation zones chance for rebels to "reconcile"
Assad pledged, in an interview with Belarusian TV Channel ONT aired on Thursday, to defend the zones and to crush, with the support of Iran and Hezbollah, those who try to breach them.
Fri May 12 2017