Press TV - Russia and Turkey have begun jointlypatrolling the strategic M4 highway inSyria's embattled northwestern province ofIdlib as part of a ceasefire reached earlier this month. The patrols began from the settlement ofTronba in Idlib, the last militant stronghold inthe country, on Sunday. According to the Russianmedia, Moscow sent militarypolice ...

Sputnik - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Tuesday that thanks to the meetings and negotiations held in recent weeks, including the meeting of the Russian and Turkish leaders in Sochi, the war in the Syrian province of Idlib was prevented. On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip ...

Press TV - The leaders of Turkey and Russia say they have agreed to create a demilitarized buffer zone to separate Syrian government troops from Takfiri militant groups in the northwestern province of Idlib, as Ankara seeks to prevent a full-scale operation by the Damascus government against thousands of terrorists in the militant-held region. "We ...

Sputnik There are no contradictions over Turkeys Olive Branch operation in Syria's Afrin between Ankara and Moscow, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. "We have no disagreements withRussia overAfrin. InIdlib, a process ofsetting upthe observation posts is underway. At the moment, we have already created eight such posts....

Sputnik News- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Russia and Turkey have signed documents of S-400 air defense supplies. The S-400 Triumph isRussia's next-generation mobile surface-to-air missile systemcarrying three different types ofmissiles capable ofdestroying aerial targets ata short-to-extremely-long range....

Sputnik News- With Turkey holding a referendum on Sunday on controversial changes to its constitution, people remain divided on whether the proposed amendments would help bring a stable government or give excessive powers to the president. In a bid towin the votes ofthe fence-sitters, the government is strengthening ties withIran and Russia byparticipating ...

Press TV- Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised closeinteractions between Moscow and Ankara as part of efforts to finda promising solution to the nearly six-year-long foreign-sponsored militancy in Syria, which has killed thousands of people and left the Arab country in ruins. We are actively working to solve the most acute crises, first ...

Alwaght- The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Moscow on 9-10 March for talks with the Russian officials, including his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. The Turkish leader will make the visit at a time when the world, particularly the West Asia region, has recently undergone a set of new and complicated developments. Donald ...

Alwaght- Recent events point to weakening Turkey-Russia ties especially regarding Syria with Ankara seen as moving back to the opposing US-led camp. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently visited Bahrain and Qatar and Saudi Arabia, countries which play a completely negative role in the Syrian crisis. As expected after Erdogans visit ...

Alwaght- Shift in Turkey's approach towards Syrian crisis and moving close to Russia still presents topics for analysis and news of many regional and international media. Regardless of the regional and international results of such a turnabout in Turkey's policies, what is important is to see that what factors and cases have led to Turkish closeness ...

Sputnik- Russia-Turkey framework agreement on Syria proposes end of hostilities in the country starting at midnight local time on december 29. Moreover the two countries agreed that the deal should be submitted for considiration by Damascus, Turkish news agency reports. Turkey and Russia have agreed onthe outlines ofa nationwide ceasefire plan inSyria ...

Sputnik- According to the Turkish foreign minister, Russia and Turkey have fulfilled their obligations concerning the Syria truce. ANKARA (Sputnik) Russia and Turkey have fulfilled their obligations concerning the ceasefire inSyria and the evacuation ofpeople fromAleppo, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said onSunday. "In recent days,...

Alwaght- Russias ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, 62, was shot and killed in the capital Ankara while delivering a speech at an exhibition hall on Monday. This heinous terrorist act is bound to have far-reaching implications in the region and globally and especially on the resolution of the Syrian conflict. The man who assassinated the Russian ...

Press TV- The assassination of Russias ambassador to Turkey AndreyKarlov came at a sensitive juncture and right at a time when the two countries are cooperating over the Syrian crisis.There have been questions as to whether the incident could potentially derail therelations between Moscow and Ankara. In an interview with Press TV, journalist ...

AMN- Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan claimed that he and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agree that the killing of Andrey Karlov, Moscow's envoy to Ankara, was an attempt to ruin relations between Turkey and Russia. "We know that this is a provocation aimed at destroying the process of normalization in relations between Turkey and Russia,...

The National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) welcomes the signing of an agreement on the Turkish Stream gas pipeline project by Moscow and Ankara, the NIGC's spokesman Majid Boujarzadeh said Tuesday. ISTANBUL (Sputnik) On Monday, Russia and Turkey signed an intergovernmental agreement onthe gas pipeline, which envisions the construction oftwo underwater ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan have discussed the issue of aiddelivery to the war-ravaged northwesternSyrian city of Aleppo. At a joint news conference after a meeting in Istanbul on Monday, Putin said he and President Erdogan agreed on the importance of delivering aid to the Syrians inAleppo. "We ...

The office of Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that he will meet with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in Turkey in less than a week. The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Putin will begin his visit to Turkey on October 10 to attend an energy conference in Istanbuland to meet with Erdogan. There will be a speech at the ...

Russian expert Stanislav Tarasov believes that Moscow and Ankara are sending a "multidimensional message" to the US and EU, signaling that Russia and Turkey may establish alternative economic and political alliances and remain the two influential players on the Syrian chessboard. The situation onthe ground inSyria has changed drastically now that ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin says a lot of ground must be covered until relations between Moscow and Ankara are fully healed. Relations between Russia and Turkey soured after Turkey downed a Russian jet close to the Syrian border in 2015. "There is still a lot to do in order to completely re-establish cooperation in all areas," said Putin ...