Russian media reports revealed a number of preparations were underway for another Sochi summit for the presidents of the Astana Syria talks guarantor states, Russia, Turkey, and Iran. The next summit is expected to take place on February 14. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, according to Turkish dailies, confirmed that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be in Sochi for the upcoming summit on Syria. Turkey’s top diplomat said that the question of forming a Syria committee tasked with drafting a new constitution for the war-torn country will be one of the main topics tackled at the trilateral meeting, noting that candidates put forth by the Syria regime do not represent the country’s secular community. Cavusoglu added that both Iran nor Russia admitted that the names proposed by the Bashar Al-Assad regime were unacceptable, thus a request for changing them would be made. Russian media also reported that at the upcoming meeting, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Erdogan and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani are expected to discuss the situation in the Syrian de-escalation zone Idlib and the withdrawal of the American forces from Syria. The Sochi summit will take place right before the next round of Syria talks to happen at the Kazah capital, Astana, which for the first time will see the first participation of the newly-assigned UN Special Envoy to Syria. More so, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova warned against the deteriorating situation in Syria’s northern Idlib province, currently overrun by extremist Turkey-guaranteed Syrian factions. “Tensions around the Idlib de-escalation zone are not on the decline,” Zakharova pointed out. “The militants of the al-Nusra allied Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, who are running the show there, do not only shell nearby settlements on a daily basis, but are also actively building up their contingents near the contact line with the Syrian government forces,” she noted. The diplomat voiced serious concerns over incoming reports that the terrorists “have not abandoned efforts to stage a chemical attack against civilians.” Zakharova noted that according to reports, a group of activists from the notoriously bogus humanitarian group, the White Helmets, has prepped some Idlib hospitals in order to film these anticipated provocations.