Syria Truce Brokered as Russia, Turkey Grab Initiative From U.S.
- Cease-fire in civil war takes effect at midnight, Russia says
- Russian-Turkish effort comes after U.S.-backed plans failed
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Russia and Turkey announced they’ve brokered a cease-fire agreement in Syria that they hope will pave the way to a peace settlement ending the nation’s civil war, seizing the initiative from the U.S. after years of failed diplomacy.
“A very great deal of work was done together with our partners from Turkey,” President Vladimir Putin said at a televised meeting Thursday with his foreign and defense ministers. The accord is something we’ve “been waiting a long time for,” he said.