syrian civil war. now there's a new twist coming in from iran. our foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty is traveling with the secretary. >> reporter: wolf, on this leg of his international trip, secretary kerry is stepping right into the thick of middle eastern politics. and that troubled triangle, the united states, israel and iran. in riyadh, saudi arabia, a surprise addition to secretary of state john kerry's schedule. a working lunch with palestinian leader mahmoud abbas. >> i'm going to have a meeting with him. i look forward to the meeting. and it's part of the process of moving through this region. >> reporter: kerry is trying to breathe life back into the peace process. but had to skip israel on this trip as israeli prime minister netanyahu struggles to form a government. the israeli defense minister