Residents of Idlib, the last opposition-held stronghold of Syria, most of them living in displacement and with sparse electricity, have stayed glued to their phones. “We have become a toy in the hand of other countries,” said Abu Hayyan, a man displaced from his home in Taybet al Imam, southern Hama, moments after learning through a WhatsApp group about the new agreement reached between Russia and Turkey to suspend fighting in the province. Under the agreement, Hayyan and hundreds of thousands of others in Idlib would not be able to return to their homes since the Syrian regime controls their towns, and, like many in Idlib, he expects to be killed if he returns to live under government rule. The mood was much more upbeat on the night of Feb. 27, when Syrians huddled into...