Russia announced today it has helped negotiate a cease-fire in rebel-controlled Idlib province this week as rising tensions between Turkey and Syria threaten to escalate into open conflict.
"On the initiative of the Russian side, with the mediation of Russia and Turkey, an agreement was reached on a complete cease-fire regime to be established in the entire Idlib de-escalation zone,” announced Maj. Gen. Viktor Kupchishin, head of the Russian military's Reconciliation Center in Syria. “As a result, the number of attacks from illegal armed groups [is expected to decrease].”
