''Game playing between super powers is intensifying and the confrontation between the United States and Russia has formed''

"Syria and Iran are Russia's few allies in the Middle East. Russia positioned its only military base outside the Commonwealth of Independent States at Tartous Port in Syria. At present, Russia has to show a hardball against the West since its influence in the Middle East may encounter the worst crowing out. What's more,Syria and Iran are Russia's major trading partners, especially in field of arms trade."
from geopolitical monitor...