Syria’s last rebel-held region awaits its fate
ON AUG. 9, THE SYRIAN ARMY DROPPED LEAFLETS ON the province of Idlib telling residents that “the war is nearing its end” and urging them to cooperate with government forces. One showed grainy pre-war images of an old woman embracing a soldier; a young man studying; and a leafy, peaceful Damascus street: THIS IS HOW WE WERE BEFORE TERRORISM, it read. Then came photos of a destroyed neighborhood, a young boy carrying an unexploded shell, and women covered in niqabs and chained together. IT’S TIME TO STOP THE BLOODSHED AND DESTRUCTION,
