From left, U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford, Turkey's Chief of Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar and Russia's Chief of Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov attend a meeting in the Mediterranean coastal city of Antalya, Turkey, on Tuesday to discuss Syria. ( Syria Democratic Forces )BEIRUT—The top generals from Turkey, the United States and Russia met Tuesday in Turkey to discuss mutual suspicions over northern Syria military operations, as Russia’s military announced a two-week long ceasefire between rebels and the government in the suburbs of the Syrian capital, Damascus. Turkey and Syria meanwhile support opposite sides in the Syrian civil war. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, addressing a campaign rally in the Turkish capital Ankara, reiterated his readiness to confront the Kurdish forces. The U.S. has a few hundred special operations forces embedded with the SDF and wants the alliance to lead the march on Raqqa.

Source: thestar March 07, 2017 20:20 UTC