stopped much of the violence in Idlib province and three other regions of Syria. But if the truces break down and fighting resumes, the stakes will be highest in the northwest: The Turkish border is tightly controlled, and pro-government forces have been closing in for months. Across the province, a coalition of al-Qaeda-linked rebels would be firmly in Assad’s crosshairs, with hundreds of thousands of civilians stuck in the middle.

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From his tent in a packed displacement camp along the Turkish border in the days before the deal, Qassim Qadoor called his children close as a drone hovered overhead. When it dropped its payload, he said, they ran for cover, passing the flames that savaged their neatlyattaching the lower edge of the mainsail to the boom, if the sail was stored off the boom, the mainsail is raised, or hoisted, for use. After use, the mainsail is lowered and stored, either by flaking (accordion folding) the sail or by rolling. Rolling the mainsail involves the crew rolling the sail until it sits on the boom in a bundle.
Wind conditions may require that a sail be used with a reduced area. Reducing the area of the sail is referred to as reefing. Taking in the reef (reefing in) or taking out the reef to increase or decrease the sail area may be required as conditions change.
Deploying and retracting for the mainsail may require several crew members who are stationed at, or who move about to,