![Turkey, Russia and Iran forms a joint commission to observe the Syrian ceasefire [Aliia Raimbekova/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20170216_2_21899483_18976575.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1)
![Russian President Putin's special envoy to Syria Alexander Lavrentiev [Aliia Raimbekova/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20170216_2_21899483_18976574.jpg?w=596&h=335&ssl=1 "ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN - FEBRUARY 16: Russian President Putin's special envoy to Syria Alexander Lavrentiev speaks during the third session of Syria peace talks in Astana, Kazakhstan on February 16, 2017. Turkey, Russia and Iran forms a joint commission to observe the ceasefire. ( Aliia Raimbekova - Anadolu Agency )")
Russian President Putin’s special envoy to Syria Alexander Lavrentiev [Aliia Raimbekova/Anadolu Agency]
![Turkey, Russia and Iran forms a joint commission to observe the Syrian ceasefire [Aliia Raimbekova/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20170216_2_21899483_18976575.jpg?w=596&h=335&ssl=1 "ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN - FEBRUARY 16: Russian President Putin's special envoy to Syria Alexander Lavrentiev (C) listens to the translation during the third session of Syria peace talks in Astana, Kazakhstan on February 16, 2017. Turkey, Russia and Iran forms a joint commission to observe the ceasefire. ( Aliia Raimbekova - Anadolu Agency )")
Turkey, Russia and Iran forms a joint commission to observe the Syrian ceasefire [Aliia Raimbekova/Anadolu Agency]
Syrian oppositions’ chief negotiator Mohammad Alloush (L) attends the third session of Syria peace talks in Astana, Kazakhstan on February 16, 2017. Turkey, Russia and Iran forms a joint commission to observe the ceasefire. ( Aliia Raimbekova – Anadolu Agency )
Syrian oppositions’ chief negotiator Mohammad Alloush (L) speaks during the third session of Syria peace talks in Astana, Kazakhstan on February 16, 2017. Turkey, Russia and Iran forms a joint commission to observe the ceasefire. ( Aliia Raimbekova – Anadolu Agency )
Syrian oppositions’ chief negotiator Mohammad Alloush (L) speaks during the third session of Syria peace talks in Astana, Kazakhstan on February 16, 2017. Turkey, Russia and Iran forms a joint commission to observe the ceasefire. ( Aliia Raimbekova – Anadolu Agency )
![Syria’s United Nations Ambassador Bashar al-Jaafari speaks during the third session of Syria peace talks in Astana, Kazakhstan on February 16, 2017 [Aliia Raimbekova/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20170216_2_21899483_18976579.jpg?w=313&h=176&ssl=1 "ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN - FEBRUARY 16: Syria’s United Nations Ambassador Bashar al-Jaafari speaks during the third session of Syria peace talks in Astana, Kazakhstan on February 16, 2017. Turkey, Russia and Iran forms a joint commission to observe the ceasefire. ( Aliia Raimbekova - Anadolu Agency )")
Syria’s United Nations Ambassador Bashar al-Jaafari speaks during the third session of Syria peace talks in Astana, Kazakhstan on February 16, 2017 [Aliia Raimbekova/Anadolu Agency]