Russian President Vladimir Putin, centre, speaks during his meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia. From left, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu. Vladimir Putin at a summit he is hosting to discuss the future of Syria has told his Turkish and Iranian counterparts that the presence of what he called terrorist groups in Syria's Idlib region should not be tolerated and that Islamist militants who used to belong to the Nusra Front group should be driven out.
