Displaced Syrians from northwest Syria ride on a truck with belongings, in Azaz, Syria January 27, 2020. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi
AZAZ, Syria (Reuters) - A renewed drive by President Bashar al-Assad to recapture rebel-held territory in Syria's northwest sparked a fresh exodus of many thousands of civilians toward Turkey's border on Monday amid heavy air strikes, aid workers and witnesses said.
Syrian government forces backed by Russian air power have stepped up a campaign to recapture Idlib province, the last rebel stronghold where millions took refuge after fleeing other parts of Syria earlier in its nearly nine-year civil war.
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