No. It's not.
I mean, the Iranians may benefit from a frieldly government willing to accommodate a pipeline, but the idea that that's a reason to support Assad is nuts. (Assad being Alawite has more to do with it.) Neither does Russia have any particular reason on that front. What it does lack is a warm-water port, which Syria has traditionally provided.
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