Syrians flee as regime pushes its offensive on northwestern Syria Syrians flee in vehicles loaded with their belongings across roads \\nin Al-Dana city, which connects the Western countryside of Aleppo with northern Idlib. \\nSyria's Bashar al-Assad regime has made major inroads in the last opposition-held area in the northwest since December, sending 700,000 people fleeing their homes towards the closed Turkish border in harsh winter conditions. IMAGES