Russian soldiers reach Syria town on official visit Russian servicemen Wednesday visited the Syrian village of Kawkab, northeast of Damascus, hosting journalists on a guided visit to see what they said was the signing of an agreement allowing residents to return after the area was recaptured from the Islamist Al-Nusra group a year ago, and distributing humanitarian aid to residents who greeted them alongside Syrian soldiers, brandishing Syrian flags and portraits of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES shot on a tour organised by the Russian military