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terry moran. >> reporter: we're inside a russian armored personnel syria. the village of salma, which now lies shattered after a ferocious battle two weeks ago. there's almost nothing left here. we walk the streets, past the ruins. for three years rebels against the government of syrian president bashar al assad controlled this strategic village. until russian air power arrived. >> so you came in on the ground, and the russians were in the sky. >> yes. >> yes. >> and now this is syria. >> yes. >> salma is yours. >> reporter: the nightmarish syrian civil war is now in its fifth year. a quarter million people have been killed here. half the population out of their homes. millions of refugees. and in this chaos isis was born. and now the russians are here. and they are all in. more than 200 russian air and the battle continues. it's only been a few days since the syrian government troops took this town, and we can still hear in the hills and villages beyond, mortar fire, small arms fire. those are the front license anes a few miles away. in the three months since russia joined the

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terry moran, abc news, salma, syria. >> so fascinating, huh? >> it is. i remember the white house officials when the russians first launched this offensive about five weeks ago, as terry mentioned, saying good luck. and things have turned around 180 degrees since they launched this offensive, at least for president assad's regime there. >> there's been such talk is he going to step down, and tuesday, the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov had to fight off talk from reporters, saying, no, there was a former chief of intelligence. there was some rumors he had asked assad recently to step down. he said, no there's nothing true to that. nobody's seeking political asylum just yet. this war over there. and it's just so heart-breaking, i think about the children all the time over there. >> can you believe it's been five years of the assault in syria? the flood of refugees continues though no matter where the tide is on that fight. >> so true. >>> coming up, remembering a television legend. >> he's been a hollywood mainstay for more than 40 years. this mornin

terry moran, abc news salma, syria. >> fascinating. > i remember the white house officials when the russiansst launched this offensive as terry mentioned saying good luck. and things have turned around 180 degrees since they launch this had offensive at least for president assad's regime there. >> there's been such talk is he going to step down and tuesday, the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov of rove had to fight off talk from reporters saying no, there was a former chief of intelligence there were some rumors he asked assad to step down. he said there's nothing true to that. it's been such a long draw on this war over there. it's heart breaking i think about the children all the time over there. >> can you believe it's been five years of the assault in syria. the flood of refugees continues though no matter where the tide is on that fight. >> so true. >>> coming up remembering a television legend. >> he's been a hollywood mainstay for more than 40 years. this morning we remember actor abe vigoda. you're watching abc "world news tt0w!tw((i! %4@-2&t tt0w!tw((i! el@-8!8 tt0w!tw((i! ed@-

one thing is clear, there is a new reality in the syrian war, terry moran, abc news, salma, syria. >> so fascinating, huh? >> it is. i remember the white house officials when the russians first launched this offensive about five weeks ago, as terry mentioned, saying good luck. 180 degrees since they launched this offensive, at least for president assad's regime there. >> there's been such talk is he going to step down, and tuesday, the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov had to fight off talk from reporters, saying, no, there was a former chief of intelligence. there was some rumors he had asked assad recently to step down. he said, no there's nothing true to that. nobody's seeking political asylum just yet. it's been such a long draw on this war over there. and it's just so heart-breaking, i think about the children all the time over there. >> can you believe it's been five years of the assault in syria? the flood of refugees continues though no matter where the tide is on that fight. >> so true. >>> coming up, remembering a television legend. >> he's been a hollywood mainstay for

terry moran with a firsthand look at what the russian forces are doing. >> reporter: inside a russian head towards the front lines to the village of salma, which now lies shattered after a ferocious battle two weeks ago. for three years, rebels against the government of syrian president bashar al assad controlled this strategic village until russian air power arrived. so you came in on the ground and the russians were in the sky? >> yes, yes, yes. >> reporter: and now this is syria? >> yes. >> salma is ours. >> reporter: salma is yours. in the three months since russia joined the fighting here, their forces have turned the tide of battle. massive airstrikes and cruise missile attacks have pulverized rebels and bolstered the assad regime. we went to the main air base in syria. the jets roaring day and night but the u.s., britain and others say russia is helping the assad regime a lot more than they're fighting isis and accuse their forces of indiscriminate attacks that have killed hundreds of civilians. russian general igor konashenkov dismissed the charge. [ speaking russian ] "what civilian facilities are you talking about," he says. these are powerfu