"The Prophet (pbuh) said: "The matter will be that you'll be fighters: fighters in Sham and fighters in Yemen and fighters in Iraq".Ibn Hawala said:
"Choose for me O Messenger of Allah if I am around to witness that", so he said: "hold on to Sham, verily it is the best of Allah's lands. He selects for it whom are righteous from among His slaves but if you decline then hold to your Yemen and drink from the pools where the rain gathers for verily Allah entrusted for me ash-Sham and its people".
From Abdulla Ibn Hawala

And regarding the assistant received by assad government is enormouse from enemy of allaah

So it isn't strange that we hear from time to time news about the enemy of allaah giving assistance.

It is not a secret anymore that enemy of islam is concentrating on this area, follows its updates closely, sends special forces to train the assad army and backs up the apostate regime there against whom they call terrorists.
And in exchange for this alliance and support between those who disbelieve and whom Allah the Almighty said about:
"And those who disbelieved are allies of one another. If you do not do so [i.e., ally yourselves with other believers], there will be fitnah [i.e., disbelief and oppression] on earth and great corruption".
(The Holy Quran, Surah 8. "Spoils Of War", verse 73)