Turkish military convoy transporting weapons drives in northern Syria A convoy of Turkish military vehicles transporting heavy weapons drives through the town of Atareb, in Syria's northwestern Aleppo province late during the night. \\n\\n\\n\\nIdlib and parts of neighbouring Hama, Aleppo and Latakia provinces were supposed to be protected by a buffer zone under a September 2018 agreement between Russia and Turkey.\\n\\nIdlib, a region of some three million people, many of whom fled former rebel-held areas retaken by the government, is the last major bastion of opposition to the Russia-backed Damascus government after eight years of civil war.\\n\\nThe region on Turkey's doorstep is administered by Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, but other jihadist and rebel groups are also present.\\n\\n IMAGES