A displaced Syrian boy looks through a window of a truck loaded with belongings, in the town of Sarmada in Idlib province, Syria, January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi
BAB AL-HAWA, Syria (Reuters) - Syrian government forces entered a town south of Idlib city on Tuesday in a significant advance for President Bashar al-Assad as he seeks to recapture rebel-held territory in the country's northwest, a war monitor and state media said.
Assad's campaign to regain Idlib province, the last rebel bastion in a nearly nine-year-long civil war, has sparked a new exodus of thousands of civilians towards the border with Turkey, which backs some insurgent groups fighting Assad.
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