UN Security Council to vote on call for Idlib truce

UNITED NATIONS - the United Nations Security Council is due to vote on Thursday on a draft resolution calling for a truce in northwest Syria.

The diplomatic initiative comes after the leaders of Turkey, Russia and Iran agreed in Ankara on Monday to try to ease tensions in the war-ravaged country's Idlib region.

Syria's northwest corner, including Idlib, is the last major chunk of territory still in rebel hands after more than eight years of war.