A Syrian man holding up portraits of President Bashar al-Assad and his Russian counterpart Valdimir Putin (L) joins several hundred people who gathered near the Russian embassy in Damascus on October 13, 2015 to express their support for Moscow's air war in Syria, just before two rockets struck the embassy compound sparking panic among the crowd. AFP PHOTO/LOUAI BESHARA (Photo credit should read LOUAI BESHARA/AFP/Getty Images)