Report: Idlib offensive to be postponed by several weeks

Syria's regime is expected to postpone by several weeks its planned offensive against the rebel groups in the Idlib province, according to London-based Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper.

It was reported the move would be made to allow Turkey to dissolve the Al-Nusra Front, a Syrian terrorist organization linked to al-Qaeda.

In addition, it was said Syria's President Bashar Assad postponed the offensive in light of pressure applied on him by the west, Turkey and Russia.