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Assad Presses Offensive, as Humanitarian Crisis Worsens in Idlib

Jamie Dettmer

   LONDON - Hundreds of thousands of civilians, many women and children,
   are trapped in northwestern Syria with little food or adequate shelter
   for sub-zero temperatures in what the United Nations says is the
   greatest humanitarian crisis in the region since war erupted in Syria
   almost nine years ago. Dozens of makeshift medical facilities and aid
   warehouses have been struck in relentless sorties by Syrian and Russian
   jets, say UN officials and independent watchdogs.

   Despite calls for an immediate halt to a Russian-backed offensive by
   both U.S. President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart Recep
   Tayyip ErdoÄan, there were little signs Monday that either Damascus or
   Moscow are ready to acquiesce and call off the assault on Idlib, the
   last remaining rebel holdout in the war-savaged country.

   Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan warned the government of Syrian
   leader Bashar al-Assad to cease the offensive on the last rebel-held
   region or face direct intervention by Turkish forces. The threat was
   delivered in a phone call with Russia's President Vladimir Putin.
   

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