Syria: the Idlib crisis and ISIS

Turkey has not disarmed violent jihadi groups in Idlib Province, as set out in the agreement, and Russia has backed the Syrian Governments push to retake Idlib, the last rebel stronghold in Syria.

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https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-8836https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-8836
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Tuesday, March 3, 2020
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Terrorism in Asia, Terrorism, Paramilitary organizations, Politics of Syria, Idlib Governorate, Syria–Turkey border, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Deir ez-Zor offensive, Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War
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  • Turkey has not disarmed violent jihadi groups in Idlib Province, as set out in the agreement, and Russia has backed the Syrian Governments push to retake Idlib, the last rebel stronghold in Syria.
  • The Red Cross has called for home countries to take back their nationals suspected of being ISIS fighters.
  • There are concerns that the US withdrawal and the Turkish incursion could allow ISIS to make a comeback.
  • ISIS does not appear to have been weakened by the death in October 2019 of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
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