Your article neglect any rule of two major players in the region, gulf Emirs and Israel.

It became clear that Iran is the major winner from the Syrian diplomatic war on the short range. Also, it is clear that US is the main looser from this war.

However, there are lot of evidences that the gulf money will find its way into Kremlin making a real change on Russian diplomatic rule on the far range.

There should be an answer for the question about ability of Israel to remain bordered by tension from all sides. How long it can bear this situation? and what could be the next episode?