Foreign powers and Syria meet in Kazakhstan to discuss Syrian war
Astana, Kazakhstan — Negotiators from Iran, Russia and Turkey gathered in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana, on Monday, hoping to make progress on a political settlement in Syria as diplomatic tension fans out across the region. The two-day talks are the first time the three foreign powers most deeply involved in Syria’s seven-year war have met since Iran and Israel became embroiled in a spat over reported cross-border military strikes last week. It is also the first meeting of the three sides since US President Donald Trump announced Washington’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal earlier in May in a move further complicating the regional picture. On Monday, a spokesperson for Kazakhstan’s foreign ministry, Anuar Zhainakov, confirmed that delegations from the three power-brokers and the Syrian regime had arrived in the capital and were locked in closed-door talks. A rebel delegation was expected to arrive late on Monday ahead of Tuesday’s plenary session concluding the meeting, he wr...
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