Benefit of Syrian Conflict

Last weekend UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon invited Iran to the upcoming Syria negotiations. The US-backed rebels immediately threatened withdrawal. Then the US demanded Iran agree to the terms of Geneva I (read regime change) before participating, which Iran rejected. This controversy was interesting not for what transpired but for what remains unmentioned by the media, Hezbollah.
Hezbollah and Iran are enemies of the US and Israel. Assad deposed from Syria not only removes a key ally for Hezbollah and Iran, the two will lose a useful conduit for Iranian arms into Lebanon. Further isolation leaves both more susceptible to US / Israeli geopolitical maneuverings.
When viewed through this context, the Syrian conflict looks less like a spontaneous eruption of Arab discontent. The Syrian civil war, and its propagation by outside influence, is likely a calculated act of neoliberal imperialism.