--- title: European Nations Urge Syria and Iran to Keep Idlib Ceasefire as Last Rebel Stronghold Teeters | TIME description: Eight European countries are urging Syrian allies Russia and Iran to uphold the cease-fire in Syria’s last major rebel-held province of Idlib and avoid putting at risk the lives of 2 million adults and 1 million children. canonical: https://time.com/video/QYwsFQqJ/ og:title: European Nations Urge Syria and Iran to Keep Idlib Ceasefire as Last Rebel Stronghold Teeters og:description: Eight European countries are urging Syrian allies Russia and Iran to uphold the cease-fire in Syria’s last major rebel-held province of Idlib and avoid putting at risk the lives of 2 million adults and 1 million children. og:url: https://time.com/video/QYwsFQqJ/ og:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/QYwsFQqJ/poster.jpg?width=720 og:type: video.other twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: European Nations Urge Syria and Iran to Keep Idlib Ceasefire as Last Rebel Stronghold Teeters twitter:description: Eight European countries are urging Syrian allies Russia and Iran to uphold the cease-fire in Syria’s last major rebel-held province of Idlib and avoid putting at risk the lives of 2 million adults and 1 million children. twitter:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/QYwsFQqJ/poster.jpg?width=720 --- # European Nations Urge Syria and Iran to Keep Idlib Ceasefire as Last Rebel Stronghold Teeters > Sponsored content. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: European Nations Urge Syria and Iran to Keep Idlib Ceasefire as Last Rebel Stronghold Teeters [Watch (HLS stream): European Nations Urge Syria and Iran to Keep Idlib Ceasefire as Last Rebel Stronghold Teeters](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/QYwsFQqJ.m3u8) (1:02)  _Published 2018-09-07. Eight European countries are urging Syrian allies Russia and Iran to uphold the cease-fire in Syria’s last major rebel-held province of Idlib and avoid putting at risk the lives of 2 million adults and 1 million children._ --- Jul 28, 2023 12:31 AM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [U.N. Chief Says a 'Bloodbath' Must be Averted in Syria's Idlib](/video/piLFpqaC/) ### U.N. Chief Says a 'Bloodbath' Must be Averted in Syria's Idlib [Syria's Military Says Cease-Fire Is Over](/video/PXmtKf83/) ### Syria's Military Says Cease-Fire Is Over [Inside Syrian Rebel Group Northern Storm](/video/jxCe02gC/) ### Inside Syrian Rebel Group Northern Storm --- ## Transcript A full scale military offensive in [ UNKNOWN ] would put at risk the lives of more than 3 million civilians, including one million children living in the region. It might also lead to renewed mass displacement, including of civilians already displaced because of the regime's brutal [ UNKNOWN ] and miltiary operations. Any use of chemical weapons would be totally unacceptable. It is prohibited by international law and could have devastating human and humanitarian consequences. Idlib is the last remaining deescalation zone in Syria. But the astonic around has committed to safeguard. We express our support for the urgent diplomatic efforts being made to this end by Turkey. And the United Nations. In view of the meeting obivious [ UNKNOWN ] in Teran tomorrow. We call on the grantors, in particularly Russia and Iran to uphold the ceasefire and the escalation arrangements they have previously agreed. 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