Jim, there is little point in linking sources that are contrary to your perceived wisdom because you immediately discount it as fake news.
The situation is far more complicated than reported, and whatever is reported is generally heavily massaged prior to release. All sides are equally guilty so trying to determine the truth is well nigh impossible.
However there are brush strokes of the bigger picture that give inklings.

Nord Stream is an offshore natural gas pipeline from Vyborg in the Russian Federation to Greifswald in Germany that is owned and operated by Nord Stream AG. This is a money spinner for Putin and gives leverage over western Europe.
The counter pipeline from Quatar/Saudi through Syria was rejected by Syria many years ago. As A result many hacked off Arabs and western "financiers/oil co." More importantly its absence maintains Putin's stranglehold on gas heating supplies to western europe.
   Israel has illegally sold drilling rights on the Golan Heights(Stolen Syrian territory) Afek Oil, the operator has made a substantial discovery. This issue is totally ignored by the mainstream media mainly because of distraction of the alleged Syrian civil war. Afek oil is a subsidiary of Genie energy. Essentially this oil will be looted by Genie Energy, an American-based oil and gas company with major investors and advisors comprising a who's who list of war profiteers—Dick Cheney, Rupert Murdoch, Lord Jacob Rothschild, and James Woolsey. This action is in clear violation of international law, specifically the Annex to the Fourth Geneva Convention.
I don't believe fox news will allow any news to spoil this little party and you seriously think the mainstream media do not spread spread false news?

As time goes by more and more ends up in fewer hands and those same hands manipulate all the strings. Perhaps the sheople should try to wake up.