Syria's war-ravaged northwest woke up to relative calm Friday, its skies free of warplanes for the first day in months, following a Russian-Turkish ceasefire deal.

Rare calm in Syria's Idlib after ceasefire deal

President Erdogan after a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Turkey and Russia have agreed to Syria ceasefire from midnight. Also Read: Greece blocks 35,000 migrants, plans to deport arrivals after March 1 "At 00.

Turkey, Russia have agreed on Syria ceasefire from midnight: President Erdogan

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday expressed "profound worry" about the bombing of Idlib in talks with Vladimir Putin, but the Russian leader insisted Moscow backed Syrian military actions against "terrorists" in the province.

Idlib ceasefire must be respected, Macron to Putin