[Netz]

The new alliance is Russia, Iran, Hizbollah and maybe China. Each party doing their share to ensure that Syria wins the civil war and reconstitutes itself, or whatever is left to reconstitute.
Russia will, eventually (after obliterating Assad's opposition) pull back to it's main, new bases in Tartus, Latakia and the new inland bases being built at lightening speed.
Russian forces will be used, ground, air and naval. After that, they will let Hizbollah and special Iranian forces clean up the mess, side by side with the Syrian Army.
Syria will be a defacto Soviet, ooops, I mean Russian client state with Iran taking care of running most post war operations. The Russian do not want to spread themselves throughout all of Syria, Iran does.

[Triple]

Disagree -

Russia will want to operate in Syria, yes. But I doubt Russia will tolerate terrorism in their midst. Russia will be a stabilizing force in the area.

Radicals and terrorists will not want to draw too much attention. Russians will want their bases and surrounding areas to be safe for their non-muslim troops.