downtown beirut makes also what lebanon is today as far as shopping and business.this display of acra designed wedding gowns sells for between three and $20,000. >> the ready-to-wear bridal in the middle east hasn't happened before. it's brand new. >> and it's getting more popular. >> reporter: customer interest is soaring they say in a still lucrative middle east market where one special wedding dress stays hidden in this cupboard along with its high dollar price tag. >> it's a beautiful dress. >> reporter: the price? >> around $40,000. that's the most exclusively expensive piece here. >> reporter: is there a buyer for that dress here? >> i'm sure there will be. >> reporter: reem acra says her business plans are adapting to changed market finances and evolving fashion trends in a highly competitive world. hoping success for her business as well as her brides will both come true. bret sadler, cnn beirut. >> for more about the program, visit our website, cnn.com/mme. you can check out our web page in air rick at arabic.cnn.com/mme. that's it for this edition. i'm ma

arwa damon with the latest live from beirut. what's the situation in syria?oes appear to us that it is worsening? it's intensifying. >> it most certainly does appear to be the case and it seems as if it's taken a more brutal turn, if that is possible to imagine. as you mentioned there are even more casualties being caused overnight and what we have again are these two competing narratives as to what is taking place. activists and residents of hama saying the security forces are inchris crim nately firing at them, targeting hospitals and mosq mosques, a city under siege, people facing shortage of food and medical supplies. syrian television broadcasting video that shows individuals whose faces, identities are disguised, firing at things that we cannot identify, but syrian television saying it is these armed gangs that are shooting at the syrian security forces. and this is causing the syrian government to say it is fully within its rights to try to bring the situation in syria under control. all of this escalating violence has led to the statements that you me

joined by from tehran by professor marandi from the rather from the lebanese capital you were in beirut excuse me sir do you think three other real reasons behind this transfer of nuclear equipment well this is nothing new the new facilities that are being opened were or were being built for years and the reason was because the united states and its ally israel were constantly making threats against iran against against international law that they will bomb iran and bomb iran's nuclear facilities the iranians if there were if there were no american threats to its sovereignty and to its independence the iranians had no reason to even take these facilities into any underground facility in the first place so it's basically to protect the people who work there are the workers the scientists and the ordinary people who are involved with the program and also to prevent the united states from making more of the zionist regime for making a stupid decision to attack iran so it's a preventive measure as well as a preventive measure here would move nuclear facilities borrowed deep into a mountain

of beirut was dug out at about four. xander at four thirty. am in the dark walking in the park we heard people saying also relatives that scum it was as if they didn't know us they obviously repeated what they had heard. i am. regarding alexander's case we have always asked state for transparency and justice . my mother says it all the time she doesn't want her son to be remembered as a criminal who died fighting. because that's not the truth he wasn't a criminal you know i don't understand why the government picks people and passes them off as positive as knowing that these people have a family when i ses go out there and look for the real going real men and if you want a medal earn it by the sweat of your brow not just by killing the first guy you come across to be can bolt for the colombian people i'm against that and they've got no idea of the pain their cause into their relatives so if we don't reconsider be armed conflicts and the excessive militarization of the country and if we don't go for a new democratic order

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if you look at the beirut bombing, we took no overt military action against them. do i want to pick a fight this week? how do i deal with it? >> you could also authorize covert action, having a secret attack back. that example is really instructive because nobody has been able to stay -- say with certainty. >> i levae th -- leave those questions to catherine and agajim. >> let's say there is something that is deemed to be an on the attack, that some sense of action is justified. what do you do when you can't pinpoint it? >> high was going with the net itself as a legitimate self- defense. the question is still relevant in terms of attribution. but he would have to know the facts of what your target was. and it could rise to the level of a use of force. it is actually irrelevant that relates to the constitutional separation of powers. the word is not even use in relevant provisions of the charter. you have the authority, you're not compelled to have to respond. it often depends on if you have enough information. under international law, you clearly have to know who

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she is in beirut. you have been in contact with activists. what have they been telling you about the crackdown? >> the crackdown is concentrating on a western city. it is getting increasingly difficult to get any information from there. internet connections have been cut off. i have heard information from those who were able to get through. according to these sources, the military crackdown is still continuing. human rights groups say that at least 109 people have been killed today. they have executions on the streets. people are starting to run out of food. >> the president issued a decree allowing opposition political parties. it is that nonfulfillment of one of the key opposition demands? >> this is one of the key demands of the opposition. since 1963, syria has been a one-party state dominating -- dominated by the ruling baath party. they have tried to curb the protest movement by adopting the strategy. the military violence and political changes on the other. activists say that the announcement of reforms lack stability as long as protes

bbc news in beirut. >> there has been international condemnation of an attack by the taliban on the british council building in kabul. they set off a car bomb at the gate. 12 people were killed. 4 british council staff hit in a safe room. no british were killed. we have this report from kabul. >> with heavy machine guns and grenades, the taliban came armed for a long fight. this was a battle they knew they would not survive. most of the six attackers wore a suicide bests -- vests. they blew a hole in a wall with a car bomb and swarmed into the compound. afghan security guards kept the attackers at bay. >> we heard more than three explosions. we believe two of them were suicide bombers who had blown themselves up. one of them is still hiding in one of the areas of the building. >> it was the new zealand special forces and afghan commandos the family into the fight and kill all of the insurgents. the assault came in the west of the city near the intercontinental hotel. dozens were killed there in june. when it began, the staff headed to an underground safe room. they stayed there terrified as

in beirut, there was a small demonstration by supporters of the president assad regime. some lebanese politicians take a strongly pro-syrian line. it must be difficult and embarrassing for somebody like you to defend the government which shoots down its own citizens. >> internal forces are working against the president. he does not want war. if the city falls, it would be totally fragmented and would de stabilize the entire region. >> it is beginning to look like things have gone too far for a compromise solution. the government cannot back down without surrendering completely. if the demonstrators were going to stop, they would have stopped already. people on both sides are starting to warn about the possibility of civil war. no one seems to know how to stop it. >> in the face of such apparent brutality by the president assad government, what should and could be international community do? i spoke to a man who served in the u.s. state department. >> recently, the u.n. condemned syria. president assad was warned. it has been five months that this violence has been going

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arwa damon in beirut tonight, thank you.tant conversation with nick burns, the normaler undersecretary of state, currently a professor at harvard and syrian human rights activist mohammed al abdullah. nick, you have said many times this should have happened sooner. it has happened. the question is now can the administration somehow create some momentum in addition to the europeans, the saddyes to not say it's a killing machine but assad must go. what has to happen next? >> john, it's a significant step by the obama administration because it isolates assad, it depreeshs his credibility in the region and internationally, and it hopefully will empower the opposition. syria matters. what happens next hopefully in other countries, turkey, egypt, saudi arabia will follow suit. if russia and china would cooperate more in the u.n. security council for a hard-core resolution to repudiate the syrian regime, that would be consequential. but this country is a very important country. it's a neighbor to israel, a neighbor to iraq, an ally

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today in beirut, there was a small demo by supporters of the assad regime.ome lebanese supporters take a strongly pro syrian line, including the former prime minister. it must be difficult and embarrassing for somebody like you to have to defend a government which shoots down its own citizens, isn't it? >> internal forces are work against al-assad and want to bring him down. if syria falls it would be totally fragmented and would destabilize the whole region. >> it's beginning to look as though things over there have gone too far for a compromise solution. the governments can't back down without looking as though they're surrendering completely. if the demenstroitors were going to stop surely they would have stopped already. people on both sides are starting to warn about the possibility of civil war but no one seems to know how to stop it. >> chile is marking the first anniversary of the mine collapse that trapped 33 men underground for two months. the rescue operation captured the world's attention and the miners became national heroes. acts of remembrance

arwa damon for us from beirut tonight.nk you. >>> let's continue the important conversation with nick burns, he's the former undersecretary of state and syrian human rights activist, mohammed al abdullah. nick, you said it should have happened sooner, and now it has happened. now what now? can the administration get a momentum in addition with the europeans and the saudis to say it's not just a killing machine, but assad has to go? what has to happen next? >> well, john, it's a significant step by the obama administration because it isolated assad. it depreciates his credibility in the region and internationally and hopefully will empower the opposition. syria matters. what happens next hopefully is other countries, turkey, egypt, saudi arabia, will follow suit. if russia and china would cooperate more on the u.n. security council for a hardcore resolution to repudiate the syrian regime, that would be consequential. but this country is a very important country. it's a neighbor to israel and iraq. an ally of iran and hamas

. >> cnn's arwa damon is on top of the story from beirut.ting attacks and violence and killings, but on this day it's been very hard to get new images. amateur videos and the like. explain to our viewers why. >> reporter: yeah, and i think that's what's made what's happening especially disturbing. when we've been talking to activists they quite simply are petrified as to what eventually will emerge as to what has transpired inside hama. the city has been cut off. communications have been shut off ever since this offensive by the syrian military began on wednesday morning. we had been able to reach individuals fairly regularly on wednesday. again, talking to us on satellite phones, and doing so at great risk to their own lives. they have to go outside, find a safe place to make a phone call. they're only to stay on the line for a few moments. but then there had been for a period of a good 12 to 16 hours something of a blackout. we weren't able to get through to anyone. the activists weren't able to get through to anyone. we haven't seen youtu

she's in beirut tonight.'ve been able to speak to some residents, some sources inside hama, what do they describe today? >> reporter: they describe an ongoing military crackdown. one that appears to be getting even more intense and more brutal. this morning we got through to one resident who was speaking to us on a satellite phone, as all communications have been cut off since wednesday morning, and during that conversation you could clearly hear the sound of gunfire. we were able to get in touch with him a few hours later, and he said that the gunfire had intensified to such a degree that he was forced to make a run for it. he said his vehicle was shot at and he was especially worried that if he was caught, he would possibly be executed, killed on the spot, because he was in possession of a satellite phone. but, john, it really goes to show you the lengths and the risks that these activists will take. and they say that this is something that they absolutely have to do. not just the resident whom we were talk

cnn's arwa damon is tracking the story from beirut tonight, and arwa, the government said it's pullingut and the forces leaving latakia, what are your sources telling you? >> reporter: activists that are located in that very neighborhood are saying is that quite simply is not true. they told us that two, maybe three military vehicles, armored personnel carriers pulled out, went to another area, but that the security forces are still fanned out. just a short while ago i got a message from an activist who was saying he was hearing sporp radek gunfire, there were snipers on rooftops, checkpoints, pharmacies, bakeries, all remain closed. families most certainly not coming back, so they're saying that the syrian government is quite simply trying to buy itself more time by making those various statements that it is, in fact, pulling out of this area. >> and, arwa, a couple of weeks ago it was this teenage boy dropped on a doorstep beaten, it looked like he had cigarette burns, and now this horrific video of this 2-year-old girl, inside syria obviously the administration is trying to send a c

i was in the region last in july of 2010 and one of our -- and our second to last stop was in beirut, lebanon and i could feel the heavy presence of hezbollah in lebanon. and i wanted to get your sense about the implications of the unrest and violence in syria, the implications for lebanon and how has the response been? >> senator, when i appeared before the foreign relations committee in march of 2010, we spoke a long time about hezbollah in that hearing, i recall. we have a real opportunity with change in syria to see both iranian influence and hezbollah influence in the region diminish. that would be a real gain for us. it would be a real gain for the syrian people, since the iranians are helping right now with the repression in syria. with respect to hezbollah specifically, the support to hezbollah has continued. it has not stopped. at the same time, i think the leadership of hezbollah at first was very outspoken in its support of the syrian government. more recently, they have been quiet. and my sense is that they have seen enough hezbollah flags burned in syrian protests, especi

we are following developments in syria from beirut, lebanon. >> reporter: disturbing video on you tubeould be signalling yet another dangerous turn of events in the up rising in syria. they continue to bear the brunt of the military track down in hama. >> luck you. you have gone to join the father over her deadson'sed about. her husband killed according it a voice on the clip. >> they are firing at homes and helps and mosques. part of a crack down that began on sunday. a warning that the regime will not hesitate to spill blood. even during ramadan in the bid to rest. forcing residents to set up makeshift barricades and defend themselves however they can. they offer a different narrative. the anchorwoman presents a clip that the armed are responsible for the destruction. they show men whose faces are concealed, firing weapons and the target is unclear. cnn is currently not being allowed back into syria. we cannot independently verify the videos or either account of what is happening inside, but what is undisputable is that the situation in syria is growing more brutal and complex. it il

this hour now and of losses through a parking lot near a commercial center in the lebanese capital beirut killing at least two people a car belonging to the son of a judge was nearby when the explosion occurred it was on the clear whether it was the target area has since been sealed off by security forces investigation continues we have no targeted bomb attacks in lebanon in the past three years. syrian forces have killed five people as they stormed two towns in the central province according to their crackdown on anti-government protesters activists say the columns of tanks entered the towns forcing residents to flee the violence where the army attacked the town of the turkish border and detained at least one hundred people with this comes despite the u.s. tightening sanctions against series the main bank and they both phone operators and increasing pressure on president assad to clamp down. at least seventy people including a child died after a female suicide attack is one hundred cards of god it's hardly the country's danny police check case this city of peshawar where the explosions h

chief people have reportedly been killed after an explosion hit the outskirts of the lebanese capital beirut the blast is believed to have been targeted at a car belonging to a judge witnesses report more injuries and say security forces have swarmed the area where there's been no targeted bomb attacks in lebanon in the past three years . and service in syria say the army has stormed the town of the turkish border. the u.s. tightening sanctions against syria's main phone operator washington put pressure on president assad after eighteen people were reportedly killed in a continued crackdown on the opposition to say the army used times and five gallons on protesters more than seven hundred people have been killed since anti-government uprising began in march. north korea claims the sounds korean military made a mistake thinking construction noise was in fact all temporary fire however defense officials in seoul say marines returned fire after the north launched shells into waters near their maritime border it was the largest in a series of incidents since relations were tested last november w

protesters have been killed during the uprising political analyst was speaking to us earlier from beirut says the west will use this development to its advantage. been using all their resources to have been the syrian regime. in america and sanctioned followed by other european sanctions and they are using now the international court or the international human rights to find. my my ass they will use. more pressure on syria. obviously it's been very difficult for the syria because various international interference by western power and there is some element from our from the arab regimes they want they want to change in syria and when they come for that change in order there is. coordination between between some country in the west and some arab country too probably pushing for regime change in syria we heard that from the obama administration were heard that from. france and britain and germany and we seen some calls from the saudis and the qatari and other country in the region and obviously. haven't been away from hosting the opposition in turkey. but i think the situation in syria des

sanctions to syria is completely counterproductive most of the syrians i've spoken to have been in beirut recently and others i've met outside of sort of the middle east really even though they're very much part of the opposition are absolutely petrified that what sanctions will do would be to make everyone's lives harder and to really. make everyone just think about what they were going to how they're getting the next day but it will have a job and so on rather than say this is going to punish the regime for that i think will be very very counterproductive and has been rejected by think quite a few of the syrians i have spoken to most would prefer a dialogue and i think this is very much the way a lot of them would like to go now whether bashar assad is capable really of doing this it is a different question but the idea that there should be that the time has come for there to be some kind of real negotiation with the regime is very much high on the agenda because you don't see most of them are petrified of the of the alternatives either nato getting involved having another libya type si

also terry in violence will most certainly and gulf syria if president assad is overthrown so says beirut based political scientist dr not harsh we also believe that this will have a domino effect on neighboring countries. president assad will never step down that's one thing let's not forget and that's remind all the west and all the surrounding arabic countries that's going against him right now he will never step down this is a dream that will never come true sic therion violence for sure if that's if that will happen which you will never do we're going to see a turmoil not only in syria we're going to see in all the surrounding countries lebanon jordan sooty qatar all the gulf areas everything it's going to turn upside down so again i'm saying this is playing with deeds fire so they have to think twice about what's going to happen but the thing is they're not thinking right see the west this is not their first mistake this is. the the hundreds mistake that they've been doing so far what they did in libya russia will never ever allowed to happen in syria oh revolution in syria is fuel

hour in the glasses ripped through a parking lot near a commercial center in the lebanese capital beirut killing at least two people a car belonging to the son of a judge was nearby when the explosion occurred but it was unclear whether it was a target the area has since been sealed off by the cure and forces restoration continues the target of bomb attacks in in lebanon. the past three days. syrian forces have killed five people as they stormed two towns in the central province of course in their crackdown on anti-government protesters activists say the columns of tanks entered the town is forcing residents to flee the violence the army attacked a town near the turkish border and detained at least a hundred in this country despite u.s. timing sanctions against syria's main prime and mobile phone operator and increasing pressure on president assad to end the clampdown. at least seven people including a child have died after female suicide attackers are in the car bomb targeted a pakistani police check based the city of peshawar where the explosions happened lies near areas where militant

situation there in the country i'm joined by a political analyst kamel who is in the lebanese capital in beirut at the moment thank you very much indeed for joining us now if u.n. investigators discover there have been violations jury the crackdown what then what can be done about it. well obviously it's a very complicated issue and we know there was been using all their resources to have been the syrian regime and we seen that american sanctions followed by the european sanctions and they are using now their international court or the international human rights to find violation on my my as they will use this window to put more pressure on syria to asian obviously it's been very difficult for the syrian because various international interference by western power and there is some element from the arab from the arab regimes they want they want to change in syria and when they didn't come for that change we noticed that there has been coordination between between some country in the west and some arab country too probably pushing for regime change in syria we heard that from the obama administra

this hour and our people have reportedly been killed after an explosion hit the lebanese capital beirut for gas is believed to have been targeted on a car belonging to jobs where this is reported more injury thing security forces have swarmed the area there and no targeted almost half a nap and then. at least seven people including a child or kill. in two explosions in the city of peshawar in northwest pakistan police suspect surface feel a female suicide bombers carried out one of the attacks early a bomb exploded near a police van carrying officers to work lies the areas by taliban and al qaeda militants operate on the tax mainly added security forces have been on the rise and since the killing of osama bin laden in may. nato says five of its soldiers have been killed in a roadside bombing in southern afghanistan it comes a day off the nato forces shot dead four afghan police officers after mistaking them for insurgents in the district of kandahar more than fifty nato troops have been killed in afghanistan despite the name. activists in syria say the army has stormed a town at the tur

a blast has ripped through a car park near a commercial center in the lebanese capital beirut killing at least two people a vehicle belonging to the son of a judge was nearby when the explosion occurred but it was unclear whether it was the target the area has since been sealed off by security forces as the investigation continues there's been no targeted bomb attacks in lebanon in the past three years. rebel forces in libya say they have captured a key oil terminal in the port city of bragg tripoli has dismissed their claims saying the rebels only control residential districts of the east of the city the fighting in the area has been particularly intense in the past three weeks but the rebels trying to seize the or the city as leave it six month old war has been deadlocked for months despite nato intervention. at least six people including a child have died after a female suicide attackers and a hunter cannot excuse me handcart board targeted a pakistani police checkpoint the city of bashar where the explosions happened lies in the areas where militants are known to operate taliban a

keep people have reportedly been killed after an explosion hit the outskirts of the lebanese capital beirut the glass is believed to have been targeted out of car belonging to a judge witnesses report more injuries and sees a carriage and forces have swarmed the area where there are no told to go in the towns in lebanon in the past three years. activists in syria say the army has strong to tell you the turkish border and its. its economy to support the u.s. tightening sanctions against syria's main prime can label phone operator washington put pressure on president assad after eighteen people were reportedly killed in a from a continued crackdown on the opposition activists say the army used times and five gallons on protesters and more than seven hundred people have been killed since anti-government uprising began in march. well of korea claims the south korean military made a mistake thinking construction noise was in fact artillery fire however defense officials in seoul say marines returned fire after the north toward shells into waters near their maritime border it was the largest in a

people have a quarter of the being killed after an explosion hit the outskirts of the lebanese capital beirut the blast is believed to have been targeted at a car belonging to a judge where this is report more injuries and security forces have swarmed the area they have been no targeted bombers have been in the past three years. at least seven people including a child were killed in two explosions in the city of peshawar in northwest pakistan police suspect seth ifill a female suicide bombers carried out one of the attacks earlier a bomb exploded near a police van carrying offices to walk past lives day areas where taliban and al-qaeda militants operate bomb attacks mainly aimed at security forces have been on the rise since the killing of osama bin laden in may. nato says five of its soldiers have been killed in a roadside bombing in southern afghanistan it comes a day after nato forces shot dead four afghan police offices after mistaking them for insurgents in a district of kandahar more than fifty eight hundred troops have been killed in the afghan. found this and then. activists in syria

normally we don't respond until we think of khobar towers or the beirut bombing. we know who did that and we know which state was behind it and we took no overt military action against them. the same thing is going to happen here. the president will have to design, do i want to pick a fight this week? i am too busy with all my other little wars? how do i do with it? >> guest: you could also authorize covert action, right? so you are doing the secret attack back. >> guest: but i'm wondering and the stuxnet example is really instructive here because nobody has been able to say with certainty who was behind it. so what do you do with that circumstance? >> guest: i like to leave those questions to catherine and jim. >> guest: you are asking about the attrition problem? >> say there is something that has been deemed to be an armed attack or self-defense, some self-defense of action is justified whether it is covert or overt. what do you do when you can't pinpoint it? >> guest: okay so i was actually going with the stuxnet itself was a legitimate self-defense, so the qu

news in brief of last has ripped through a car park near a commercial center in the lebanese capital beirut it's killed at least to a vehicle belonging to the son of a judge was nearby when the explosion happened but it was unclear whether it was the target the area's since been sealed off by security forces as the investigation continues if we know targeted bomb attacks in lebanon for the past three years. syrian forces have killed at least ten people as they stormed two towns in the central province of homes in the crackdown to government protesters say tanks entered the areas forcing residents to flee the violence earlier the army attacked a town near the turkish border detained at least one hundred people it comes despite the u.s. tightening sanctions against syria. by phone operators and increasing pressure on president sad to end the clamp. at least seven people including a child died after a female suicide attackers in a car bomb targeted a pakistani police check post this if you push out with the explosions how he is where militants are no good water a taliban and al qaeda linked bo

well look you can see things developing in heading in the direction of beirut you know i mean a lot of people have guns now in tripoli this is historic antipathies between benghazi and tripoli you've got berbers who want to have a cut of the cakes and say bora a lot of the brunt of the fighting. you know probably if you analyze where money goes from oil producing. the money that came into libya which is gigantic. as the world bank attested as recently as two thousand and nine i think distributed with some degree of equity which should be the envy of people in the united states just to start with them now the other thing is the whole question of preached at the press here has been appalling and in england too and in france and in italy i can't speak for russia but. you know the justification was the supposed genocide of conduct against his people the human rights organizations amnesty international human rights watch have completely independent to be refuted these accusations the accusations of mass rape and so on and so point so the actual very basis of the intervention has been discre