France calls for immediate end to fighting in Syrian city of Idlib

Francecalled on Friday for animmediateendtofightingin theSyriancityofIdlib, and the French foreign ministry added that it condemned in particular air strikes on refugee camps.

Over the past week, theSyrianarmy has advanced towards the town of Khan Sheikhoun inIdlibin a pincer movement that could encircle the southern part of the rebel enclave.

The United Nations and aid agencies have warned of a new humanitarian catastrophe in northwest Syria.SyrianPresident Bashar al-Assad has managed to retake most of the country, crushing rebel enclaves in all the major cities and driving them from the south.

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