Saudi oil.
Other than wiping Israel and the U.S. off the map, that's Iran's goal.
China and Russia and Iran will build up their armies under the ruse of stabilizing Syria and once Syria is stable, they will turn their attention to Saudi.
as much as i hate saudi arabia, with their depictions in school books of jews as rats, it would be worse for Russia to control their oil.
This is all about oil and Obama’s Sunni take over of the Middle East. The Saudis wanted a pipeline through Syria to supply Europe therefore cutting off Russian exports through the Ukraine supplying them. Russia wants the Euroes depending on them for gas especially. They use gas for their cars and trucks and home heating.
I admit Putin is running a fine line here because his oil prices are real low now which kills his government hand outs plus he’s trying to start exterior wars that cost money and lots of it.