Paris, France French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian warned Sunday that a new humanitarian disaster was looming in Syria, in the rebel-held region of Idlib, seen as the next possible target of the regime's fightback. In an interview with Le Journal du Dimanche weekly a day after the US, Britain and France carried out strikes in Syria, Le Drian said:"There are 2 million people in Idlib now, including hundreds of thousands of Syrians evacuated from rebel towns recaptured by the regime.""There is a risk of a new humanitarian disaster." Held by an array of jihadists and rebels, Idlib province is the last in Syria largely beyond government control. (AFP)
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France warns of 'new disaster' looming in Idlib
Apr 16, 2018
Paris, France French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian warned Sunday that a new humanitarian disaster was looming in Syria, in the rebel-held region of Idlib, seen as the next possible target of the regime's fightback. In an interview with Le Journal du Dimanche weekly a day after the US, Britain and France carried out strikes in Syria, Le Drian said:"There are 2 million people in Idlib now, including hundreds of thousands of Syrians evacuated from rebel towns recaptured by the regime.""There is a risk of a new humanitarian disaster." Held by an array of jihadists and rebels, Idlib province is the last in Syria largely beyond government control. (AFP)