Turkey, Iran urge foreign fighters to leave Syria

DAVOS, Switzerland

All foreign elements - including Hezbollah - must leave Syria immediately, Turkey's foreign minister said during the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland on Friday.

Speaking at a session titled 'The End Game for the Middle East', Ahmet Davutoglu said radical groups and foreign militants must withdraw from Syria in order to ensure an end to the civil war.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif called on all foreign elements to stop funneling funds, money, and arms into Syria.

He also rejected claims that Iran was taking sides in the conflict and stressed that Tehran was urging all foreign forces to withdraw, to allow the Syrian people to decide their own future.

"Extremists come from various places to fight in Syria...this threatens the whole region," Zarif said.

The main topic is cease-fire and transporting humanitarian aids

In an interview with TRT TURK TV on Friday, Davutoglu said he and Zarif had discussed a possible cease-fire in Syria and what can be done to deliver humanitarian aid.

Davutoglu praised Iran's efforts saying, "It is very important that Iran has come to be a part of the solution."

Regarding the Syria war crime photographs broadcasted by Anadolu Agency, he said the documents must boost the reaction from international community and public opinion, "if there is international justice and law."