You're looking in a wrong direction.
There is a country Russia (ancestor of Soviet Union). It is 90% dependent on oil price. And people who became poorer during latest years due to oil price decline would like to change the authorities. But a new dictator Putin understands that he will not be alive for long if not a president.
So he tries his best in the Middle East to make any mess to rise the oil price and make his people more or less confident with his policy.
Don't forget Russia takes 2nd place on the world weapon market and always sells weapon to anybody who doesn't like US.
Great point @limnade, I will talk about that in my follow-up post! Thank you for expressing your views and commenting :)
Would you like a spatula? For your bunghole?