Erdoğan discusses situation in Syria's Idlib with Russia's Putin

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has discussed the situation in Syria's Idlib region with his Russian counterpart President Vladimir Putin, RIA news agency reported on Monday.

The leaders of Turkey, Russia and Iran will meet on Monday to try to secure a lasting truce in northwest Syria following attacks by the regime that risk deepening regional turmoil and pushing a new wave of migrants towards Turkey.

The summit in Ankara, bringing together countries whose Syrian allies are combatants in a ruinous eight-year-old war, will focus on the Idlib region, the last remaining territory held by the opposition seeking to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad.