Syrian regime allies Russia and Iran and rebel supporter Turkey on Thursday signed a memorandum on a Moscow-backed plan to create safe zones in Syria to bolster a fragile truce. The Kremlin’s plan echoes calls by US leader Donald Trump to establish safe zones in Syria. Erdogan said in comments published Thursday that Moscow’s plan to set up these zones in Syria would “50 percent” solve the six-year conflict. Damascus supports the Russian plan, Syrian state news agency SANA reported. More than 320,000 people have been killed in Syria since the country’s war began with anti-government protests in March 2011.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 04, 2017 13:30 UTC