As world media attention is focused on the eighth round of UN-backed Syria peace talks in Geneva that took off this week, the recent uptick in attacks on two key de-escalation zones, Idlib and Eastern Ghouta, has received little or no attention in the media in the UK and Europe, jointly wallowing in the mire of Brexit. But the attacks raise serious concerns about the so-called "de-escalation" zones that are evidently turning from safe zones to "kill zones".

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