conflict could be this area here, golan heights. it s syrian territory. this is a plateau that overlooks northern israel. it also overlooks the damascus plain. that s why syria wants it back badly. asaad is in no position to take it back militarily, but iran and syria are in a position to turn this into the new front to threaten israel which is why this current situation is so dangerous. dangerous it is. joining us now, calipary in london, and here with us, nick christoff. cal, to you first, this escalati escalation, is this something the world should be worried about, or is this i don t want to call it a local issue, but for those in the united states who say i don t know, aren t they always fighting? what do you say? yeah. listen, so regionally we see this from time to time. we see it simmer and bubble. ali s point is the right one. the iranians have made gains on
back up the syrian/iranian war effort the assad regime turned the tables on the syrian opposition. assad is now all but certain to win the civil war that s been going on in syria for many years. in the process the iranians strengthened their actual military presence on the ground to prop up the syrian government. but that is annate ma to israel and benjamin netanyahu which is why they have been escalating its action in the syrian war. the flash point for this conflict could be the golan heights here. a syrian territory that israel occupied in the six day war in 1967. this is strategic. it is called the heights. it overlooks northern israel. it also overlooks the damascus plain in syria. which is why syria wants it back. if you control the golan heights