Several killed in clashes in Syria’s Idlib despite ceasefire

Putin and Erdogan held lengthy talks in Moscow on Thursday. (File/AFP)

• Putin and Erdogan had agreed a cease-fire deal in the region to contain conflict
• The conflict has displaced nearly a million people in three months

AMMAN: Fifteen people were killed on Friday in clashes between Syrian government forces and jihadist insurgents in southern Idlib province on Friday, hours after a Russian-Turkish cease-fire came into effect, a war monitor said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the clashes took place in the Jabal Al-Zawiya region. Six Syrian soldiers and allied fighters were killed, as well as nine fighters from the insurgent Turkistan Islamic Party, it said.