I truely believe they want to set the stage for the Antichrist. Lucifer is their lord. The Zionists also want to kick off Armageddon. They have the red heffer and a tabernacle ready to set up.
It's not just greed or Oil. they want the circumstances in Revelation to happen ASAP.
To "force" God's hand.
Key to abyss? CERN. Nations of the world converging in Megiddo? you guessed it.
as for Russia in Syria, Heck it's their deepwater port and Energy is Russia's economy, makes sense they would have an interest in Syria.