ANALYSIS: US, Turkish show of force delays Russian offensive

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As the Israeli air force once again struck an Iranian target in Syria on Monday, media reported that the long anticipated offensive by the Iranian-Russian-backed pro-Assad coalition against Sunni Islamist rebels in the northern province Idlib was off the table, at least for now.

Last week, reports came in that the pro-Assad coalition had started to bomb positions of the Tahrir al-Sham coalition of Sunni Islamist rebel groups and medical centers in Idlib.

The state-controlled pro-Assad media in Syria reported that ‘the Syrian army’ had destroyed a Tahrir al-Sham command center near the town of al-Tamane’ah in southern Idlib killing all “terrorists inside.”

Assad’s military also launched attacks on Tahrir al-Sham positions in the neighboring Hama province while preparing for “massive military operations in Idlib,” and the Russian air force bombed rebel targets in both Idlib and Hama.

The delay of the Idlib operation came after Turkey, which operates as the patron of some of the Sunni Islamist rebel groups in Idlib, began to reinforce its positions in the province which is home to approximately 3 million people, many of them displaced Syrians.

Turkey’s controversial leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan tried to prevent the offensive by the pro-Assad coalition via diplomacy and direct talks with Iranian president Hassan Rouhani and Russian president Vladimir Putin, but failed.

His calls to prevent a new humanitarian disaster in Syria fell on deaf ears, after which Erdogan threatened Turkey would not remain passive when Assad’s forces crack down on the Islamist rebel groups in Idlib. READ MORE