I've heard from reliable ppl who have contacts with Free Syrian Army who said after Russia witnessed first hand how Assad army fight...not only were they appalled but realised that supporting Assad army is like flogging a dead horse & have reached out to FSA this is linked to the talks where Russia wants to persuade all sides that Assad can remain for at least another 6 months they want to also convince FSA to break away from the rest of the opposition in order to create an internal fracture this article touches on this. How Russia how wants to meet with FSA. After bombing them by the way...
http://syrianobserver.com/EN/News/30...ed_Opposition/ …
The russians were teed off about JaF on the gates of #Latakia /#Hama , &now after massive offense losing & failing,frustrated.
The way opposition pulled that off is having every set & faction unite & they know that