Syria War: Brutal Endgame in Idlib Risks Spilling Over by Jonathan Marcus - BBC News
The crisis in Syria's Idlib province - already a humanitarian catastrophe - is fast becoming a geopolitical one as well.
The Syrian conflict has long had a dual aspect - both civil war and proxy war, with several outside players backing various parties to further their own strategic ends.
Now, as the conflict in north-western Syria comes to a head, these two aspects are merging to form a powder keg, whose explosion could have profound implications way beyond the Middle East.
Idlib is the last Syrian province where significant territory remains in rebel hands…