I don't think this is a really sophisticated plan to be honest. The US openly expressed displeasure about Nord Stream, and Biden openly said he'd put and end to it which he did. Starting a war with Russia and using it to whip up bloc discipline in the west is really just dusting off the Cold War narrative. It's just a return to the status quo.

Things in West Asia are indeed a lot more dynamic, and I do think there's a lot of opportunism going on right now. That said, it does seem like Turkey and Israel planned and coordinated their attack on Syria. Notice how their proxies aren't fighting each other, and they're both grabbing territory without stepping on each other's toes.