The morale of Syrian rebels

In Arabic, the stories are that Syrian rebels have a low morale because of Russian intervention. In the Western press, the story is that Syrian rebels have a high morale because of Russian intervention.  Also, are Anne Barnard and Liz Sly not going too far--as usual, of course--in really believing the claims of military victories by Syrian rebels? If they read Arabic I would show them their daily claims of downing Syrian and Russian jet fighters.