France warns of fresh humanitarian crisis in Syrian region of Idlib

France has warned that a new humanitarian disaster is looming in Syria, in the rebel-held region of Idlib, which is seen as the next possible target of the regime’s fightback.

Jean-Yves Le Drian, the French foreign minister, said two million people were at risk, including hundreds of thousands of Syrians who fled from previously rebel-held areas now controlled by the regime.

Rebels, refugees and residents in Idlib are bracing for an attack on their town after a senior advisor to the Iranian leader said on Friday the next front was to “liberate” Idlib now that Eastern Ghouta had fallen.

“There is a risk of a new humanitarian disaster. Idlib’s fate must be settled by a political process, which includes disarming the militias,” Mr Le Drian said in an interview with French weekly Le Journal du Dimanche.

Some of those interviewed said in the video said the airstrikes would not be effective in stopping the Syrian regime and its allies from killing civilians by other means including by barrel bombs and airstrikes.

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“I’m so sad to see another chemical attack, and we expect to see it happen again and again,” said Aya Fadl, who survived the chemical attacks on the town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib last April which killed more than 18 members of her family.

“Of course the strikes were not enough! Do you not remember what happened last year?” said an emotional Ms Fadl, who suffered a miscarriage a few days after the sarin gas strike.

She said she worried her family will have to move from Idlib as regime forces increase their bombing of its southern suburbs.

"France is ready to work towards this. Except that currently the one blocking the process is Bashar al-Assad himself. It’s up to Russia to put pressure on him," Mr Le Drian said.

He said the first step would be "to begin with a ceasefire which is really respected this time."

He was referring to a 30-day ceasefire called by the UN in February to facilitate the delivery of aid and medical evacuations, which was never really implemented.

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