at the end of tte data is all about "money." ♪ ♪ melissa: following the "money" to syria.resident bashar al-assad and his regime that could turn the tide in the on going on for -- conflict as the u.s. makes arrangements to arm syrian rebels. perron, russia, a china reportedly ging hundreds of millions of dollars worth of oil and supplies to the syrian government. countries are also extending credit lines to help the assad regime, propping the economy up just as it was starting to bashar al-assad. here to tell us what these countriehave to ga and what position it but the u.s. and is homeland security analyst at the heritage foundation. thank you for joing us. tell us more details. hal is the exchange working? well, this is pretty easy. the middle east is willing betwn two religious parties. syria is read the fall line. asd has nowhere to go. europe is did to him. most of the middle east is city. the only avenue they have to bring in cash for anything else is throughout russia, iran : ab. russia has a hugeoncern it -- insurgency. that is 88 insurgency. the last minute want t