Putin Steps Up Effort to Broker Syria Deal Ahead of Trump Summit
- President meets top Iran envoy after talks with Netanyahu
- Accord on pullback of pro-Iran forces may not be made public
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Russian President Vladimir Putin stepped up efforts to broker a deal on the pullback of pro-Iranian militias from Syria’s border with Israel as he prepares for next week’s summit with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump.
Putin met Ali Akbar Velayati, foreign policy adviser to Iran’s Supreme LeaderAli Khamenei, at his residence outside Moscow on Thursday, a day after he held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Kremlin.