Russia, Iran and Turkey, three parties deeply involved in the Syrian conflict, met on Wednesday in Sochi for talks on how to bring peace to Syria. While Russia and Iran support Syria's incumbent Assad, Turkey has sided with the opposition. However, Turkey's support for the rebels changed somehow to a worry of enstrengthened Kurds around the borders of Turkey and Syria. As such, in the peace process brought forward by the three countries, Turkey insisted the Kurds will not have a place a the negotiation table. 

The summit in Sochi runs parallel to UN-supported peace talks in Geneva, which start on the 28th of November. Therefore, there are claims from the Syrian opposition that the summit in Sochi undermines the talks in Geneva.

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