Decryption

Syria: the great forgotten of the news

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An aerial view of the city of Idlib in northwestern Syria (illustrative image).

AFP - OMAR HAJ KADOUR

By: Anne Corpet Follow

1 min

Syria has disappeared from radar screens.

However, the war continues there in a hidden way.

Despite American warnings, Turkey is threatening to launch a military operation in the north of the country.

“ 

 ,” warned Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

In the northwest, thousands of displaced people are piling up in the Idlib region, the only one that still opposes Bashar el-Assad.

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The only passage of UN food aid to this province is only guaranteed until July 10.

90% of the Syrian population lives below the poverty line.

And since the beginning of the year, 124 Syrians have died due to the explosion of abandoned mines.

Today,

tries to bring Syria out of the dustbin of the news.

Decryption with 

, political scientist and director of the Arab Center for Research and Political Studies in Paris.

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