Syrian President Bashar Assad To Target Rebel-Held Idlib Province

Syrian President Bashar Assad indicated that the rebel-held province of Idlib will be his next target, after forces loyal to him retook the eastern Ghouta region near Damascus and the southwestern provinces of Daraa and Quneitra earlier this year with the help of Russian airstrikes and Iranian-backed militias.

Here & Now's Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC Middle East correspondent Martin Patience (@martinpatience).

This BBC interview can be heard in the Here & Now podcast or with the WBUR app.