Idlib, the next humanitarian disaster
With Russian support the proposed assault on the Syrian province of Idlib could be one of the bloodiest of the war. Idlib is the last outpost of significant rebel control. It’s 2.5 million civilians, many who are internally displaced, may face a determined regime campaign to conquer the territory no matter the outcome. Idlib does not resemble an ordinary province, it has hundreds of thousands of people living in camps or out in the open, people who are already the victims of the regime, Iranian troops and Russian bombs. As troops amassed on the border, civilians were advised to accept...