SYRIAN peace talks were postponed yesterday amid alleged Turkish obstruction of the de-escalation zone plan.

Russia’s Middle East envoy Mikhail Bogdanov said the talks in the Kazakh capital Astana had been pushed back from June 12 to June 20.

Earlier this week, a source close to the Astana process told the Syrian official news agency Sana that Turkey was using pretexts to hinder implementation of the zones it has agreed to monitor with Russia and Iran.