Syrians in Idlib brace for chemical weapons attack, ground invasion by Assad forces

While pro-Assad bombs fall from the skies on the edges of Idlib province – the last opposition stronghold left amid the twilight of Syria’s long-running civil war – those trapped inside the city of the same name can only wait for the inevitable last battle, with nowhere left to hide.

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