dynamic, i guess you could call it the arab-israeli dynamic, a much more explosive one, is much more impacted by the events in syria, and it wouldn t i would also watch the connections between syria and hezbollah and syria and hamas, and there are many senior hamas leaders who live in syria. live in damascus, yeah. reporter: it wouldn t be surprising to see an uprising or more activity from hamas, more activity in gaza or explosions in israel itself to try and deflect some of the pressure off of the syrian regime, so it s strategic because of those kind of relations. egypt is strategic because it is just the homeland or the home address of the arab world. all right. rich engel, our chief foreign correspondent in benghazi, like to clone you. like to have you in damascus helping us out. reporter: i d like to be there. can t believe the region. never seen it like this.