Russia and Turkey have forged a surprise deal which they claim will stave off an offensive to retake Syria’s last remaining opposition stronghold, agreeing to establish a demilitarised zone between government and rebel forces and joint patrols to enforce the compromise.
Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi, said the compromise would prevent the loss of civilian lives in Syria’s northwest Idlib province.
“With this memorandum of understanding, I believe we have prevented a major humanitarian crisis in Idlib,” Mr Erdogan said in a statement.
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