VOA: Russia-Backed Assad Forces Pummel Syria’s Idlib
Syrian and Russian warplanes have been escalating airstrikes on the last remaining rebel redoubt in northern Syria. The air raids are as much a message to Turkey as to die-hard rebels and jihadists in the province of Idlib, say analysts.
Russia wants Turkey to do more to remove from the province jihadists fighters once affiliated with al-Qaida, they say.
The U.N. is calling for de-escalation in northwestern Syria, with Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urging all parties to recommit to a truce covering opposition-held parts of Idlib, western Aleppo and northern Hama. More than 2.7 million people live in the rebel redoubt, many displaced from other parts of the war-wrecked country.
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More News On The Battle For Idlib Province
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Fighting as Government Troops Advance Into Rebel Territory in Northwest Syria -- Haaretz
Intense fighting in northwest Syria as army tries to advance -- Jerusalem Post/Reuters
Syrian Troops Captured Village, Strategic Hill from Insurgents -- VOA
Assad Tiger Forces lead attack on rebel redoubt -- The Times
Idlib air raids kill several amid heaviest fighting in months -- Al Jazeera
More than 150,000 displaced in northwest Syria in one week: UN -- Arab News/AFP
Syria war: UN alarm at escalation of hostilities in Idlib -- BBC
Escalation in Syria fighting cause for ‘great concern’ says UN chief, dozens more civilians dead or injured -- UN News
'I can't express what I saw': Children killed in Idlib air raid -- Al Jazeera
Russia and Turkey landgrab 'behind fresh Syria bombardment' -- The Guardian
Renewed air strikes stoke fears of a final Idlib showdown -- SMH
Intense fighting in northwest Syria as army tries to advance -- Jerusalem Post/Reuters
Syrian Troops Captured Village, Strategic Hill from Insurgents -- VOA
Assad Tiger Forces lead attack on rebel redoubt -- The Times
Idlib air raids kill several amid heaviest fighting in months -- Al Jazeera
More than 150,000 displaced in northwest Syria in one week: UN -- Arab News/AFP
Syria war: UN alarm at escalation of hostilities in Idlib -- BBC
Escalation in Syria fighting cause for ‘great concern’ says UN chief, dozens more civilians dead or injured -- UN News
'I can't express what I saw': Children killed in Idlib air raid -- Al Jazeera
Russia and Turkey landgrab 'behind fresh Syria bombardment' -- The Guardian
Renewed air strikes stoke fears of a final Idlib showdown -- SMH
