Putin and Erdogan reached an agreement on military coordination in Syria

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan reached an agreement during a phone call on Thursday to enhance military coordination in the campaign against ISIL in Syria, the Kremlin said in a statement, Reuters reports, carried by Patria.

The statement did not contain details of the agreement, but also stated that Putin expressed condolences to Erdogan over the deaths of several Turkish soldiers who lost their lives near the city of al-Bab in northern Syria held by ISIL.

Syrian opposition fighters supported by Turkey continued a major offensive in the city, just a day after they managed to break ISIL's resistance in its only stronghold in Aleppo province.

The Kremlin statement also stated that Putin and Erdogan agreed on the need to continue work on preparing peace talks on Syria in Astana and Geneva, and also discussed preparations for a meeting between these two countries, which should be held in March in Russia.