[jdt1138]

I remember that Syria was loaded to the hilt with Russian anti-air weapons and that was about it.

The big question is Who gets the Oil? Because no one was fighting over a few desert oasis all these decades.

[buwaya]

Syria was loaded with every sort of Soviet armament, tanks, aircraft, artillery, rockets and missiles. The army was numerous and trained in the Soviet manner. Syria under Hafez Assad was effectively a Soviet puppet state.