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Syrian troops backed by Iranian fighters advanced on Saturday in an offensive to retake the northern city of Aleppo from rebels, a monitoring group said.
Syrian rebels in Aleppo face a double IS-regime offensive, as pro-Damascus forces launched a new assault on the northern city on Friday, backed by Russian war planes.
The US-led coalition on Friday called for Russia to focus on the Islamic State group, while the Russian foreign minister denied Moscow was shoring up the Syrian regime in Damascus.
An offensive on Idlib province appears to be a question of when not if, according to details of the draft released today.
A Russian aircraft has gone missing off Latakia coast, following a series of Israeli air raids in Syria.
Russia and Turkey have come to a deal on Idlib, north Syria, where Russia was expected to support a regime offensive.
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Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said the agreement between Putin and Erdogan meant no military action would be taken against Idlib.
Some three million people live in the area and the United Nations has warned that a full-scale regime assault could spark the century's worst humanitarian catastrophe.
Israel has not officially confirmed or denied a report by Syrian state news agency SANA of an attack late Saturday on Damascus international airport.
"He's been warned, and so we'll see if he's wised up," the US defence secretary told Pentagon reporters.