Times Online - Fear of new Mid East 'Cold War' as Syria strengthens military alliance with Russia

This is an interesting and very serious development:

Mr Assad said that he would be discussing the deployment of Russian missiles on his territory. The Syrians are also interested in buying Russian weapons.

In return Moscow is expected to propose a revival of its Cold War era naval base at the Syrian port of Tartus, which would give the Russian Navy its first foothold in the Mediterranean for two decades. Damascus and Moscow were close allies during the Cold War but the Kremlin’s influence in the region waned after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Yesterday’s rapprochement raised the possibility that Moscow intends to re-create a global anti-Western alliance with former Soviet bloc allies.

Russia is resuming it's place as a power in the Middle East, mounting a challenge to U.S. dominance in the region, and getting closer to the Ezekiel invasion. Syria is playing a very dangerous game, and if you believe the Bible, it's a game Damascus will lose.