BBC: Sense of an ending for Syria's war on Idlib front line
Maybe Idlib is where the war ends. Or perhaps it is where it reshapes itself to create a new agony for the Syrian people.
I travelled along the regime side of the front line around Idlib. It is a city and most of a province.
Three million civilians and perhaps 90,000 rebel fighters are inside its perimeter. It is estimated that they include a hard core of up to 20,000 jihadist extremists.
The war is in its eighth year.
The regime argues that it was always a foreign conspiracy designed to destroy Syria.
But early in the war I crossed into rebel-held areas to talk to protesters who chanted about freedom, who said they wanted the fall of the regime but not the destruction of their own country.
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WNU Editor: I call this the calm before the storm.
1 comment:
@ Anon: it is doubtful. It was extremely hard on everyone involved to transport the smaller groups to Idlib.
The Turkish backed Rebels have a heavily fortified position and won't willingly budge from it in my opinion.
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