Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan meets with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani in Tehran, Iran September 7, 2018. "The battle for Idlib is going to be the final major battle," said Hilal Khashan, a political science professor at the American University of Beirut. "It will be waged irrespective of civilian casualties, even though they will make an effort to minimize it. "Tehran is trying to communicate the message to Washington that it is indispensable when it comes to wider security issues in the Middle East region," said Ali Alfoneh of the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington.PERMANENT SOLUTIONRussia is looking to the summit as a means of clarifying the military situation in Idlib, deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Wednesday.Russian officials have also stated clearly that militants must be pushed out of Idlib. "Finding a mutually acceptable formula with Turkey would be key for the Iranians in the upcoming meeting," said Ali Vaez, Iran project director at the International Crisis Group.

Source: Egypt Today September 07, 2018 10:30 UTC