Russian troops and diplomats hurriedly flee Damascus

"Russian troops and diplomats have begun to flee the Syrian capital, Damascus, as the first armed clashes there broke out.

According to Ukrainian intelligence, forces opposing the Russian-backed Assad administration are moving south, with the first urban clashes taking place in Hama, Homs and Suwayda.
The Russian contingent is known to have abandoned Hama and relocated to the Khmeimim airbase. Colonel General Alexander Zhuravlyov, chief of the Russian coordinating headquarters in Khmeimim, has declared that the situation is out of the Assad regime's control." Pravada