Syrian protesters wave their national flag as they demonstrate against the regime and its ally Russia, in the rebel-held city of Idlib on September 7, 2018. - Damascus has every right to take back all its territory, Russian President Vladimir Putin told a summit on September 7 expected to decide the fate of Syria's last major rebel bastion Idlib. The legitimate Syrian government has a right and must eventually take under control all of its national territory," Putin told Iran's Hassan Rouhani and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the summit. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)