Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Russian Airstrikes Batter Syria's Idlib Province; Attack on Rebel-Held Area May Spark Tragedy

Russian warplanes battered Syria's rebel-controlled Idlib today (September 4, 2018), as expectations mount of a government offensive in the northwestern province, according to the Times of Israel website.

The strikes came despite U.S. President Donald Trump's warning yesterday against launching an attack on the country's last rebel stronghold, saying an offensive could trigger a "human tragedy."

The United Nations has also warned that a full assault on Idlib could spark a humanitarian catastrophe on a scale not yet seen in Syria's seven-year-old civil war.

An estimated three million people -- half of them displaced from other parts of Syria -- live in Idlib and adjacent rebel-held areas.

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