Turkey, Russia and Iran have agreed to set up a process to help enforce a partial ceasefire in Syria. Negotiators for the three sides met for two days of talks with Syrian government and rebel representatives in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. The three also agreed to support efforts to find a political solution to the Syrian civil war. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Wednesday that the meetings were, in his words, “a serious diplomatic success.” Yildirim said that any resolution of the conflict should involve a new Syrian government that represents “all factions.” A major point of disagreement in earlier talks has been the influence of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in any new government. Turkey supports the Syrian rebels. They want Assad to leave power. But Assad’s supporters, including Russia, want him to remain as president. A statement released at the end of the talks said the Syrian government and opposition should meet next month in Geneva, Switzerland.
Title: Turkey, Russia and Iran Hold Syrian Peace Talks
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1647/syria_peace.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Turkey, Russia and Iran Hold Syrian Peace Talks' data-article-id='2166'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='11292'>Turkey, Russia and Iran have agreed to set up a process to help enforce a partial ceasefire in Syria.</span> <span data-start-time='11292' data-end-time='25500'>Negotiators for the three sides met for two days of talks with Syrian government and rebel representatives in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.</span> <span data-start-time='25500' data-end-time='34750'>The three also agreed to support efforts to find a political solution to the Syrian civil war.</span> <span data-start-time='34750' data-end-time='46292'>Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Wednesday that the meetings were, in his words, “a serious diplomatic success.”</span> <span data-start-time='46292' data-end-time='58479'>Yildirim said that any resolution of the conflict should involve a new Syrian government that represents “all factions.”</span> <span data-start-time='58479' data-end-time='69688'>A major point of disagreement in earlier talks has been the influence of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in any new government.</span> <span data-start-time='69688' data-end-time='73417'>Turkey supports the Syrian rebels.</span> <span data-start-time='73417' data-end-time='76375'>They want Assad to leave power.</span> <span data-start-time='76375' data-end-time='83875'>But Assad’s supporters, including Russia, want him to remain as president.</span> <span data-start-time='83875' data-end-time='95792'>A statement released at the end of the talks said the Syrian government and opposition should meet next month in Geneva, Switzerland.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1647/syria_peace.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=8006 data-hint-location='46292' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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