Russia, Jordan say working with US to set up Syria safe zone

Jordan and Russia said Monday a ceasefire brokered with the United States for southern Syria was "successful" and the next step would be to set up a safe zone there.Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov made their remarks at a joint news conference in Amman.Jordan shares a border of more than 370 kilometres (230 miles) with Syria, where upwards of 330,000 people have been killed and millions displaced since its conflict broke out in 2011.