Turkey and Syria Fell Out Over the Civil War. Now Erdogan Wants to Talk

A poster reading "Syria stands with the Russian Federation", in Tartus, Syria. 

Photographer: Louai Beshara/AFP/Getty Images

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he wants a three-way meeting with Syria’s Bashar Al-Assad and Russia’s Vladimir Putin, signaling a thaw with Damascus that could help end the war in Syria.

“We want to take a step as the Syria-Turkey-Russia trio,” Erdogan said late Wednesday, according to Turkish media.