On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump issued a tweeter warning to Russia and Syrian government against attacking the last rebel-held position in the Idlib province of Syria citing the possibility of a massive civilian massacre but Russia seems to have ignored the President’s warning as its air force has reportedly started bombing the province. Trump tweeted, “President Bashar al-Assad of Syria must not recklessly attack Idlib Province. The Russians and Iranians would be making a grave humanitarian mistake to take part in this potential human tragedy. Hundreds of thousands of people could be killed. Don’t let that happen!”
Kremlin criticized the comment by calling it an unproductive warning. Kremlin’s spokesman, Dimitry Peskov said, “Just to speak out with some warnings, without taking into account the very dangerous, negative potential for the whole situation in Syria, is probably not a full, comprehensive approach…….A fairly large group of terrorists has settled there and of course, this leads to a general destabilization of the situation. It undermines attempts to bring the situation onto the track of a political-diplomatic settlement……We know that Syria's armed forces are preparing to resolve this problem". He further added that the province is used by terrorists as a base to launch attacks on Russian forces in Syria.
Reports suggest that Russia has started bombing the Syrian province of Idlib on Tuesday, which sets the course of a follow-up attack by pro-Assad Syrian forces on the province. While the U.S. government has repeatedly warned against using chemical weapons as it would not just sit tight if such atrocities take place, it is not clear whether it would sit on the sidelines if regular attacks against the province are launched.
