Spotlight: Summit without Syria paves way for Syria amid power wrestling

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and French President Emmanuel Macron attend the four-way summit on Syria in Istanbul, Turkey, on Oct. 27, 2018. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said the four-way summit ended with a call for a full-scale cease-fire to halt the bloodshed in Syria. (Xinhua/Anadolu Agency)