On January 17, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will leave for Syria, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said.

A trilateral summit between Turkish Premier Erdogan, Syrian President Bashar Assad and Qatar Emir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani will be held in Damascus. The summit will focus the political crisis in Lebanon, TRT Russian reports.

The summit aims at holding an international conference to help Lebanon to form a government.