"There is unlikely to be any rush to take Idlib, however. A festering concentration of al-Qa‘ida aligned jihadis, Salafist and Islamist fighters and nationalist groups in the one province will suit Damascus’ purposes."
The proper wording should be, "Once we FLATTENED Aleppo and it's inhabitants, on to Idlib." It's a disgrace what is happening and we can't do anything about it.