Putin Trio of Syria Winners Seen Accepting Partition for Now
- He holds summit with Iran, Turkey amid doubt over U.S. plans
- American troops mark boundary of Assad’s civil-war victory
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The triple alliance of Russia, Turkey and Iran, now the dominant actors in Syria’s war, is stepping up efforts to impose a peace. It may end up presiding over a partition.
Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Turkish and Iranian counterparts in Ankara on Wednesday for their latest summit on Syria’s future. The three leaders have buried their sometimes competing interests to cooperate closely since last year. They’ve all scored military gains recently. And they all insist that Syria must emerge from more than seven years of civil war with its territorial integrity intact -- a point that was underlined once again after Wednesday’s talks.