Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Leveler of Latakia...
's army is seeking to head off US-backed forces fighting Islamist murderous Moslems further east, analysts and military sources in Damascus say.
Violence has diminished in parts of central and western Syria after a deal signed last week in the Kazakh capital Astana to introduce four "de-escalation zones" aimed at paving the way for a lasting ceasefire.