Turkey’s Erdogan to Meet Russia and Iran’s Leaders as U.S. Ties Sour
- Trilateral Syria meeting follows U.S. warnings against Assad
- Erdogan, Putin, Rouhani to meet in Tabriz on Sept. 7
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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet with Russian and Iranian leaders in Iran next week to discuss developments in Syria and how to deal with radical Islamic groups who control the last major opposition holdout there.
Erdogan’s Sept. 7 sitdown with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in the northwest city of Tabriz comes at a critical juncture in Syria’s civil war and at a time when U.S.-Turkish relations are badly strained.