![A man drives his motorcycle past a damaged building in the town of Binnish, in Syria's rebel-held northern Idlib province on October 15, 2018. Jihadists in Syria's Idlib failed to meet a deadline to leave a planned buffer zone ringing the country's last rebel bastion, casting fresh doubt over a deal to avert bloodshed. / AFP / OMAR HAJ KADOUR](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/TGPHLDRCYSQ6I64VQKQC53IBQM.jpg?smart=true&auth=6609c656b6bc7da1e27d1f64a1023c3d7fc7e8ad17708f43d42c52aa56ec28bd&width=400&height=225)
Binnish in Syria's rebel-held northern Idlib province, where there is fresh doubt over a deal to avert bloodshed. Omar Haj Kadour / AFP
Binnish in Syria's rebel-held northern Idlib province, where there is fresh doubt over a deal to avert bloodshed. Omar Haj Kadour / AFP
A critical moment to ensure more lives are not needlessly lost
Three million lives are at stake with a deal to prevent an assault on Idlib under threat