he has been pulled out of homs and taken to lebanon. he was working for the "sunday times" and his colleague marie colvin, she was killed in the same attack last week. her mother, rosemary said all shetchts is her daughter's body to be brought home. >> i hope the good people of syria should just stop and let these people go. stop the convict by some other way other than killing each other. that was my daughter's desire and she put her life on the line so many times to bring stories like that out so we can stop it. i'm so worried and concerned about the people injured there and the other correspondents who stayed, and i want my daughter back. and i can't rest, myself. i can't have peace in my life with my daughter's remains in that country. >> the mother of marie colvin, the international journalist killed last week in homs in that shelling. and we've heard in the last few minutes that paul conroy, the british photographer, he was injured in that attack, and he has now been brought to lebanon for treatment. he is said to be safe and soun

shows is strong signal actually towards not only syria but also to middle east by itself because lebanon is not only in neighboring states for syria and the republic syria under bashar al assad today the regime actually but the sunni and the shiite the problem is that they are interconnected to the shiite and the area and most of the powerful groups inside lebanon such as hezbollah are the party of god they are a major league shiite animal movement let's say they are the major ruling parties actually representing the shiite muslim they are recruits they connected to the regime of president bashar al assad and they are not well thought of by current local sunni is inside tripoli and i cut region which is a very close region geographically and strategically towards the border with the republic of syria to these there is a high tension between the not only the two peoples that see but certain people they have been you know supporting actually the opposition is inside syria by you i meant the people from north lebanon majorly they are sunni sunni but there are alawite inside the north especi

hundreds of refugees have fled across the border into lebanon. pro and anti government factions have fought battles on lebanese soil. >> the lebanese city of tripoli, not far from the city on the border, and heavily influenced by what happens with its much more powerful neighbor. it surprises no one here when clashes break out on the streets of tripoli between pro and anti assyrian militias. -- syria and militias. heavy gunfire was exchanged on the streets. in a small city where opposing communities live cheek by jowl, regular patrols are made and there are narrow cease-fire lines. they are wary. few expect this truth -- of this trutce to hold. lebanese troops are keeping the peace, but the tensions here and the dividing line among the community are very real. it is the sinews that dominate here in tripoli. sunni religious leaders are in no doubt who is to blame for the violence. >> the asada regime in sierra is sending aid to deliberate -- a move deliberately create tension .erido >> leaders of this largely secular minority reject allegations th

and additionally, events in lebanon or what may happen in the future in lebanon are an important consideration in how we hand this will crisis in syria. it is one reason it is quite different, for instance, from the libya crisis. so my friend is quite right to point to the horrors of what happened before and i'm very conscious of the point he makes. >> mr. mike gapes? >> can i endorse the secretary's remarks about saying action through the european union and u.n. general assembly, human rights council and with his friends of syria group? but one organization that he didn't mention was nato. is it not time to have a discussion in the northatlantic counsel including turkey about whether we could have some kind of no fly zone comparable to what happened to the kurds 11 years ago over the northern part of syria? >> i don't think it is, mr. speaker. first of all, because i think if nato began planning for different eventualities in syria, that would weaken rather than unite the international coalition. also, a no-fly zone would require authorization from the u.n. security council which clearly woul

of them is syria for all intents and purposes the only one would be partial exception of iraq and lebanon and clearly removing syria from this equation would be seen as a important and substantial benefit by by many western powers but to suggest that that is what's motivating western policy on syria i think would be probably going a bit too far and. the head of the pentagon said recently that he is expecting israel. to attack iran sometime between april and june and how should we be taking this won't again only more as a threat again it's very difficult. to to read the coffee grinds of the tea leaves if you will my sense of it and again this is speculation on my part is is that the u.s. at this point has no intention of attacking iran and it is genuinely concerned about an israeli attack on iran precisely because. the americans seem to have come to the conclusion that the purpose of an israeli attack on iran will not be to attempt to destroy the iranian nuclear program but rather to provoke an iranian american conflict armed conflict in other words if israel attacks iran it will be imposs

it's also reported various rebel groups that fled the city have been surrounded near the border with lebanon it follows a claim by a senior rebel general that his militia group had been supplied with french and american weapons and even aircraft missiles on the diplomatic front earlier u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton compared the syrian leader bashar al assad to a war criminal but stopped short of directly making accusation and his rhetoric aims to downplay the reform adopted by syria to make the political process more democratic and give the opposition a voice and as riff an ocean reports from syria there are fears that outside interference is fueling further bloodshed. but the borders doors and tate despite international isolation series borders have remained opened and easy to pass through and that may have played a crucial role in the military's. of the countries conflict almost immediately after the crisis began here last march they were reports of weapons been smuggled through to arm president al assad's opponents one thousand dollars for a truck full of weapons capable of deli

does have his fair share of enemies inside lebanon he has his allies like possible law but he also has enemies like saad heidi the former prime minister and the march fourteenth movement who i think find it in their political interest to assist as much as they can to overthrow bashar assad and he was also said that this march fourteenth alliance is joining forces with the salafist so hard with the religion of religious fundamentalists so this comes as no surprise that the syrian ambassador to lebanon made a very clear one week ago when he said that most of the weapons and most of the infiltration most of the smuggling is coming in from eleven and unfortunately as the escalation from opponents continues all inclusive i think that we're going to discover more and more smuggling and more and more negative growth from some lebanese in the syrian issue or indeed there certainly reports in recent days and weeks about whether it's being smuggled over the border from neighboring to iraq and lebanon i'm afraid that's all the time we have for a middle east expert at the risk i thank you for comi

he is safe in lebanon. she is safe in lebanon according to these sources.oth of these two requiring urgent medical attention. there was concerns about their well-being if they were continuing to be stuck in homs because they weren't able to be treated the way they should be and receive the necessary medical a teng. they're both safe and well according to reuters news agency. >>> still to come, gordon gecko becomes something of a chameleon. find out why he's trading in his greedy disposition. please stay with us. for my arthritis, i use new capzasin quick relief gel. (announcer) starts working on contact and at the nerve level. to block pain for hours. new capzasin, takes the pain out of arthritis. >>> welcome back live from cnn hong kong and london. you're watching "world business today." >> the poster boy for college drop outs around the world but bill gates is urging today's young people mott to follow his example. answering questions from cnn, our reporter is the billion tech boss said that education offers much more than intellectual stimulation. >> i h

in neighboring lebanon officials say at least three people have died more than twenty wounded in fierceclashes between sunni muslims hostile to the syrian regime an alawite who supported. her so long and bassett or for the universal peace federation says this shows the violence that's playing in the country are already spilling over the border this all issues is strong signal actually towards not only syria but also the middle east by itself because the unknown is not only an evening as the tool to syria and the public see the underbrush today the regime actually but the sunni and the shia the problem is that the other way they are interconnected to the shiite and they're you know the problem is this is not seen by the west or the international community as a sectarian not only the security and. a conspiracy against the region between different factions will do or different sects inside the muslim religion in the area between even lebanese themselves and syrian this is the whole plot that has been demonstrated all architected actually all engineered let's see by the worst sort of one in

he came to lebanon three months ago to help save as many lives as he could. like many syrians, he feels betrayed by the international community. if help does not come from outside soon, he says he will go back himself. >> reporter: that young man also told us that he does not believe that people who are stranded in areas like baba amr can survive for much longer. there are serious shortages of food, of drinking water, there is no electricity. and, scott, he looked me in the eye and he said, "what are you waiting for?" >> pelley: clarissa, when you were inside syria reporting for us recently a lot of people were asking you that question, "what are you waiting for?" i wonder, after all this bombardment, has the tone of that question changed? >> reporter: well, scot, i think there has been a shift in the tone. before people were questioning why is the world not helping us? why is the international community not doing more? now there is anger. there is indigence. the tone is more how can the world stand by and watch us die? >> pelley: clarissa ward reporting toni

the british photographer paul conroy is now in lebanon. they say he is in good shape and good spirits. his family is overjoyed and relieved. >> we have heard he's out. we do not know where he is. happ quite -- we're quite y. the badly injured french journalist, edith bouvier, was with him. enr rrcutrr whereabouts are unknown. they were seized in a corner of the homs. is still had to get out of syria. this activist helped them flee. >> they were coming under a lot of fire. they had to travel on foot moving from house to house. there were rockets fired at them and even tank shells. the evacuation took three or four hours. >> the cost was high. >> they were supposed to turn back. there is a tremendous loss of life. we lost three activists. a group returning lost six activists. >> this began with the deaf of a veteran war correspondent in -- teh death of a correspondent in homs, >> the loss of your boy friend is terrible, but the waiting is insufferable. i think all religions recognize that to say goodbye you need a body. we are not able to gr

we saw what happened to lebanon. yes and remember there is a sectarian element here. you have the sunnis and shiites. >> remember remember what happened in lebanon the war from 1975 to 1990. >> rose: if you a civil war everybody is going to charge in and it just gets worse and worse. >> i think interfering in syria, whether through nato or through coalition of countries or the arab league, this will not resolve the matter at all. >> rose: now the iranians have been strongly supportive of syria for the most part. what do you make of that? >> well, iran sees syria as being a foothold of its philosophy and mentality to advance its own causes. we have seen iran aiding syria and lebanon and bahrain and yemen and even saudi arabia, and we just had delegation from iran visit saudi arabia, the head of intelligence and i think they gave them the message if you would like to have peace with us you have to take care of certain matters very quickly. >> rose: what were those matters? >> i think number one, stop interfering in bahrain, must be 2, stop interfering in saudi arabia an

more than two thousand kilometers of front here with five states a stroll iraq jordan turkey and lebanon the syrian cities where the most violent clashes have taken place homes and there are all over that an hour over the border is a fact that some believe has determine their fate or destiny is. this is one of three checkpoints on the three hundred fifty kilometer syrian lebanese border in the last year as we've been told here there were only three attempts to smuggle weapons across your business confiscated thousands of bullets dozens of guns and hundreds of kilograms of little metal pieces like this one used to make a world but the azores his main concern i'm a little close like this one but parts of the border where there isn't any security at all but here look at this in the middle of nowhere there is nothing only one road across the road right now and at the same time are crossing the border and i'm already in lebanon. and further south she remains extremely vulnerable the city of daraa the cradle of the syrian uprising it all started here and it continues to play a role in the coun

iraqi or lebanese drivers according to ziad ismail chief of the customs service on the border with lebanon. these people bring weapons here to destroy our nation to try to kill syrian people and the syrian territory to arm our enemies. syria has more than two thousand kilometers of front year with five states israel iraq jordan turkey and lebanon the syrian cities where the most violent clashes have taken place homes and there are all over the in an hour of the border is a fact that some believe has determined their fate or destiny is this is one of three tech points on the three hundred fifty kilometer syrian lebanese border in the last year as we've been told here there were only three attempts to smuggle weapons across the offices confiscated thousands of bullets dozens of guns and hundreds of kilograms i have little metal pieces like this one used to make worlds but the source is main concern and made little points like this one but parts of the border where there isn't any security at all but here look at this in the middle of nowhere there is nothing only one road across the road rig

unrest and syria and so they'll turn a blind eye to extreme weapons coming in through borders like lebanon and turkey to create the very militants i won't call them terrorists but very dangerous armed groups but the west has its eyes wide open when it comes to the reported death toll to come of the no un figure more than five thousand employees civilians only but that's bigger leaves out any mention of pro-government forces killed in the conflict some say the numbers are destroyed to meet a political objectives. our number so for six thousand i don't see expose them but you would be surprised to know that over two poles of it hundreds of. this is the. good commented foreign pressure has focused on the assad regime but the syrian government and its international supporters say there's been a total failure to talk normally to violence from opposition forces which has been a key factor in the country's present turmoil they warned that find it a solution to the country's crisis isn't possible without recognizing all its causes written off now t. damascus syria well president marc armand from t

iraq, lebanon, israel. it borders with turkey. if there's instability in syria, isn't it a big problem for a big bunch of countrys? >> it's an enormous problem. syria sits right at the intersection of virtually every key strategic rivalry in the region. it boardered israel. it borders turkey. it is part of a group of states through which iran has projected its influence in the region. and so instability in syria holds the potential for spillover in all kinds of directions: into lebanon and elsewhere. that would really raise the steaks of conflict in syria. but where i disagree a bit with josh is that even though from is a great deal of reluctance to get involved militarily in syria, we see already very troubling indicators that informally governments in the region are beginning to provide arms and equipment and support to the free syrian army. we have heard rumors about this happening through the... we've heard rumors about this happening from lebanon and from saudi arabia. and this contributes to the fregmentation of the way in w

which never really completely goes off the table then there is the rather strained relations with lebanon which some fear may escalate into a renewed conflict and the latest of those concerns of course is the issue of egypt where the muslim brotherhood said they might reconsider a peace accord which they do have with israel in response to u.s. pressure in regards really enjoyed scandal so a lot of people in israel primarily are thinking that perhaps israel should stop the rhetoric it does carry on right now and focus on its internal problems and the problems on their borders rather than really push forth with aggressive rhetoric towards iran. russian special forces have killed seven suspected militants in a counter terror operation in russia's north caucasus chechen leader or amazon as the leader of the gang was responsible for a number of attacks in the region the anti-terrorism operation on the border of chechnya and dagestan has been underway since monday officials say some thirty gunmen have been hiding in the area helicopters and artillery how been deployed to hunt them down reporter

from where he sits can see that his allies iraq iran lebanon these countries will trade with syria so there's not going to be any sanctions but what is saudi arabia up to what is qatar up through. the real test of the united nations it's rapidly getting more and more serious this is interesting you mentioned the allies of syria some analysts we've talked to believe that washington actually wants to use this conflict along with the arab and other nato allies as a means of targeting iran and hezbollah in lebanon you see this clearly as an implication here it's obviously reverberating in the background all the time there are reports now that television studios like a b c news the graphics rooms are already preparing the graphics and so forth and training the senior correspondent strew cover a war against iran i think i think at the moment what seems likely to happen is that people will start to back down from this but just personally u.s. foreign policy just very briefly after we see that iran actively getting physically involved in syria itself if we saw foreign intervention just briefl