It’s Heating up: Syria readies to Recapture Idlib, Moscow warns of Provocation to Frame Assad September 1, 2018 Unipro2013main Global Military News, Top Military News Moscow warns of ProvocationRussian defence ministry has warned that militants in Idlib are preparing a provocation. Moscow says it has intelligence that jihadists are intending to stage a chemical attack, and lay the blame on the Assad government.