syria, remarkable survival story one can say regarding bashear al asad. there are flights between damascus and hamann. king abdullah has spoke within the leader. is jordan preparing normalized relations with syria? >> what we're doing is trying to make sure there is a serious political process that would result in ending that crisis. jordan as you know well, at the receiving end of that crisis, 1.3 million syrian refugees in jordan, the threat of terrorism from the border and other threats of drugs coming across the border. what we're seeing is that 11 years into the crisis we've got to do what it takes to solve it. we cannot continue to double down on approaches that did not deliver the outcome. therefore, we're trying to find a path towards a political solution with the u.s. and other partners. there are two ghengss, one bilateral and, again, as a