Turkey, Russia, Iran to mull Syrian crisis


(MENAFN- Trend News Agency ) Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 16

By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:

Turkey, Russia and Iran will discuss the Syrian crisis during the visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Russia's city of Sochi, the Turkish media reported Nov. 16 quoting diplomatic sources.

It is reported that Erdogan's visit to Sochi will take place Nov. 22 this year.

Erdogan has recently visited Sochi, and during the Nov. 13 meeting, the presidents of Turkey and Russia discussed the situation in Syria.

Syria has been suffering from an armed conflict since March 2011, which, according to the UN, has claimed more than 500,000 lives.

Militants from various armed groups are confronting the Syrian government troops. The 'Islamic State', the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) are the most active terrorist groups in Syria.

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