Idlib offensive: Russia and Turkey stall fighting
Syrian government’s ally Russia appears to be giving Turkey a chance to stabilise opposition-controlled northwestern province, home to almost three million people, by fulfilling agreed-upon commitments in the so-called Astana process.
Turkey and Russia seem to have come to an unannounced agreement to stop the Syrian government from carrying out a military offensive on Idlib.
Renewed fighting there would trigger a humanitarian crisis and lead to the collapse of the so-called Astana process.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from Beirut.
Published On 5 Aug 2018