Military success in Syria does not mean end of the crisis

As Syrian and Russian forces press ahead with what they believe is to be a decisive strike on Idlib, the last bastion of terrorists and rebel forces in Syria, voices have become louder warning of "the worst humanitarian disaster" in the nation's seven-year civil war.

"There are more babies in Idlib than there are terrorists," the British ambassador to the United Nations told the United Nations Security Council. Her US counterpart called the ongoing assault "a playbook of death".

Even Turkish President Recep Erdogan, who endorsed a "phased stabilization plan" for war-torn Syria with Iranian and Russian presidents Friday in Teheran, voiced opposition, warning it "will result in a disaster, massacre and a big humanitarian tragedy".