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Trump Warns Syria Against Attack on Idlib

04/09/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - World Update, Trump Warns Syria Against Attack on Idlib

Syrian government forces are preparing a huge offensive in the last rebel stronghold.

US President Donald Trump warns that hundreds of thousands of people could die if Bashar al-Assad attacks Syria's last rebel stronghold.

Also on the programme: The NFL star who protested by kneeling during the national anthem will star in a Nike campaign, and French schools have introduced a total ban on smartphones.

Photo: Syrian rebel fighters prepare for an upcoming government forces offensive, in the countryside of the rebel-held northern Idlib province on September 3, 2018 Credit: OMAR HAJ KADOUR /AFP

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