Sponsors of Syria talks in Astana strike deal to protect fragile ceasefire

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Last Men in Aleppo review ? gruelling portrait of a city without hope Read moreNeither the Syrian government nor the Syrian opposition present at the talks in Astana signed the final document. The Syrian opposition does not make the same assessment of the role of Iran. The Syrian opposition now seems to have accepted that Russia, with Turkey, is seeking a peace deal in Syria since the fall of Aleppo. Discussions ended with agreement among the three sponsors of the talks ? Russia, Turkey and Iran ? to set up a trilateral monitoring body to enforce the ceasefire that came into effect last month. Tortuous efforts to install a credible international body to entrench and broaden the patchwork ceasefire in Syria have partially succeeded on the second and final day of talks in Kazakhstan.