The Syrian town of Atimah, in Idlib province along the border with Turkey, shown in October. The target, Idlib province, is largely controlled by an al-Qaeda-linked militant group. Idlib province is dominated by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, a hard-line group affiliated until recently with al-Qaeda. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham fighters attend a mock battle this month during a graduation ceremony for new HTS members at a camp in Syria’s northern Idlib province. Turkish forces travel a main highway between Damascus and Aleppo, near Saraqib in Syria's northern Idlib province, on Wednesday.

Source: Washington Post August 30, 2018 18:52 UTC