Syrian opposition fighters advancing against government forces pushed close on Tuesday to the major city of Hama, the opposition and a war monitor said, after their sudden capture of Aleppo last week rocked President Bashar al-Assad.The opposition and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said opposition forces had captured villages including Maar Shahur a few miles north of the city. Syrian state media said reinforcements were arriving in the area.An attack on Hama would ramp up pressure on al-Assad, whose Russian and Iranian allies have scrambled to support him against a reviving rebellion. The city has remained in government hands since civil war erupted in 2011.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in an Arabic-language interview that Tehran would consider sending troops to Syria if Damascus asked, and Russian President Vladimir Putin urged an end to “terrorist aggression” in