Little by little the Russians helped shore up the regime in the fall of 2013 and spring of 2014.
Russia's Mariinsky Theatre performs at the amphitheatre of the Syrian city of Palmyra, Syria in this handout picture provided by SANA on May 5, 2016(photo credit: SANA/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)BySETH J. FRANTZMANUpdated:
