Western Countes News Today

>> reporter: joe, syria is a key, a vital regional player here. syria has its hand in so many internal affairs of so many countries in this region. on one hand very closely allied wi iran, backs hezbollah, closely tied to lebanon. the u.s. knows that there can be no comprehensive middle east peace without syria. even though syria was a country that was internationally isolated for decades in the last four or five years under the rule of bashar al assad, hes been approaching the u.s. theres been ...