INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russia, Iran and Turkey are in close contact over the conflict in Syria, Moscow stated Wednesday, after a shock offensive has actually
seen Islamist-led rebels record the second-largest city of Aleppo
The foreign ministers of the three guarantor nations Russia, Iran and Turkey remain in close contact with each other, Russian Foreign
Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova informed press reporters on Wednesday.Moscow is an essential ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
and is supporting his attempts to quash the disobedience with air strikes, while Ankara has actually historically supported some
anti-government forces.Russia and Turkey brokered a 2016 ceasefire in between the different rebel groups and Syrian forces, with Iran
joining as a guarantor state
Zakharova stated Russia was actively working with international partners to guarantee the rapid stabilization of the situation in Syria
In a telephone call on Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that the dispute needed a
speedy end, and condemned terrorist aggression against the Syrian state.A senior official from the office of Iran's supreme leader was
likewise in Moscow for talks on Wednesday, the Iranian Embassy stated in a statement.Russia, which revealed naval and air force drills in
the eastern Mediterranean this week, has implicated Ukraine of backing the Syrian Islamist rebels.At the United Nations on Tuesday, Russias
envoy Vassily Nebenzia said Ukraine had supported the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) with weapons and trainers, without
Ukrainian military instructors fromthe GURare present ..
training HTS fighters for combat operations, including versus Russian soldiers in Syria, said Nebenzia.
