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Syria war: 'Russian strikes' target Idlib as offensive looms - Published Russian war planes have launched fresh strikes on the Syrian province of Idlib, a monitor says, as talks in Tehran failed to stop an impending military offensive there. The raids targeted rebel-held positions in Idlib's south-west, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Syrian forces, backed by Russia and Iran, are poised to attack the last major rebel stronghold in Syria. Turkey and others have warned of a pending humanitarian disaster. In the province itself, thousands of people staged street protests after Friday prayers calling for international protection. In footage circulating on social media, one protester in the town of Al-Dana said they were demanding that the UN "stop the killing of Syrians". What is the latest military action? The observatory said Russian jets hit positions of the jihadist alliance Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and the Ahrar al-Sham group on Friday. "The aim was to destroy rebel fortifications," observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said. HTS is designated by the UN as a terrorist group and has an estimated 10,000 fighters in Idlib. Earlier in the week, Russian jets were reported to have carried out about 30 strikes on rebel-held areas in western Idlib, the mountains of Latakia province, and the Sahl al-Ghab plain. Syrian army soldiers and allied militiamen are reportedly massing for what has been described as a phased offensive. HTS and rival rebel factions backed by neighbouring Turkey have said they will fight back. What happened in the Tehran summit? At a trilateral meeting between Russia, Iran and Turkey on Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected Turkey's calls for a truce in Idlib. Mr Putin said Russia would continue its fight against "terrorists" in Idlib province. Turkey - which has long backed some rebel groups - fears an all-out assault will trigger another major refugee crisis on its southern border. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his Russian and Iranian counterparts: "We don't want Idlib to turn into a bloodbath." "Any attack on Idlib would result in a catastrophe. Any fight against terrorists requires methods based on time and patience." However, Russia and Iran say jihadist groups in Idlib must be wiped out. Iran's President Hassan Rouhani argued that "fighting terrorism in Idlib was an unavoidable part of the mission to restore peace and stability to Syria". Meanwhile, Mr Putin said "the legitimate Syrian government has a right and must eventually take control of its entire national territory". Why is Idlib important? The province is the last major stronghold of the rebel and jihadist groups which have been trying to overthrow Mr Assad for the past seven years. Idlib straddles major highways across Syria and if it is retaken by the government, would leave the rebels with just a few isolated pockets of territory across the country. The province is not controlled by a single group, but rather by a number of rival factions, including a jihadist alliance linked to al-Qaeda, and a rival National Liberation Front which is backed by Turkey. Up to 30,000 rebel and jihadist fighters are believed to be in Idlib. But the vast majority of its residents are civilians. The UN says the region is home to some 2.9 million people, including a million children. More than half of the civilians have already been displaced at least once from elsewhere in Syria and have nowhere left to go. What are the concerns? The UN fears a large-scale offensive in Idlib will lead to a humanitarian disaster. Without a political solution in Syria, "we will see this war reach new levels of horrors", the UN special envoy on Syria, Staffan de Mistura, said. On Thursday, the new US envoy for Syria, Jim Jeffrey, said the anticipated conflict would be a "reckless escalation", and that "there is lots of evidence that chemical weapons are being prepared." He did not give details of the evidence he was referring to. What do we know of chemical weapons use? The Syrian government has denied ever using chemical weapons. However, experts from the UN and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have said government forces were behind an attack involving the nerve agent Sarin on a rebel-held town in southern Idlib in April 2017 that killed more than 80 people. The US state department warned on Monday that Washington would respond to any new chemical attacks by the Syrian government or its allies.
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सिरिया, रुस र इरानलाई ट्रम्पको कडा चेतावनी अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति डोनल्ड ट्रम्पले विद्रोही नियन्त्रित इड्लिब प्रान्तमा 'गैरजिम्मेवार ढङ्गले' कारबाही नगर्न सिरियाली सरकार र उसका साझेदारहरू रुस तथा इरानलाई चेतावनी दिएका छन्। ट्वीट गर्दै उनले त्यस्तो हमलाबाट हजारौँ मानिस मारिन सक्ने बताएका छन्। सिरियाली सरकारी फौजले इड्लिबमा ठूलो हमलाको तयारी गरिरहेका विवरणमाझ ट्रम्पको चेतावनी आएको हो। इड्लिब सिरियाली विद्रोहीहरूको पकड रहेको अन्तिम महत्त्वपूर्ण क्षेत्र हो। भयावह संयुक्त राष्ट्रसंघले पनि सिरियाली फौजले गर्ने भनिएको हमलाले हजारौँ नागरिकलाई भयावह परिणाम निम्त्याउन सक्ने जनाएको छ। यसअघि सोमवार अमेरिकी विदेश मन्त्रालयले पनि सिरियाली सरकार र उसका साझेदारहरूले रासायनिक हमला गरे वाशिङटनले त्यसको जवाफ दिने चेतावनी दिएको थियो। राष्ट्रसंघका लागि अमेरिकी राजदूत निक्की हेलीले ट्वीट गरेकी छन्, "सबैको नजर असाद, रुस र इरानले इड्लिबमा के गर्छन् भन्ने कुरामा छ।" अधिकतर सिरियामा विद्रोहीहरू परास्त भइसकेको पृष्ठभूमिमा उत्तरी प्रान्तमा गरिने आक्रमण सिरियाली गृहयुद्ध अन्तर्गत अन्तिम महत्त्वपूर्ण लडाइँ हुनेछ। चरणबद्ध राष्ट्रपति बशर अल असदले त्यहाँ चरणबद्ध आक्रमण गराउने तयारी गरिरहेको स्रोतहरूलाई उद्धृत गर्दै समाचार संस्था रोयटर्सले जनाएको छ। संयुक्त राष्ट्रसंघको अनुमान अनुसार अल-नुस्रा र अल-कायदाका करिब १० हजार जिहादीहरू इड्लिबमा छन्। रुसी विदेशमन्त्री सेर्गेइ लाभ्रोभले मानिसहरूलाई सुरक्षा कवच बनाएको भन्दै इड्लिबबाट 'आतङ्कवादीहरू' सफाया गर्नुपर्ने बताएका छन्। सिरियामा सात वर्षभन्दा बढी समयदेखिको लडाइँका कारण चार लाखभन्दा बढी मानिसहरू मारिएको अथवा हराइरहेको र आधाभन्दा बढी जनसङ्ख्या विस्थापित भएको बताइन्छ।