seth doane is the only u.s. correspondent inside syria tonight.e reports from government-held territory in the capital. >> reporter: mortars hit the mosque? mortars hit the school. "they also hit my house" nihad assaf told us as we walked along a street pockmarked by shappener. >> we see where mortars are fallen. >> reporter: this neighborhood in damascus is not far from eastern ghouta. syrian force s have been brutally bombing the rebels if you for the past 10 days. the rebels have fired back with mortars, their main weapon. one tour into the second floor of hamdeh's house. "they hit my home and made my wife and family afraid," he said. "those people are terrorists." today, there was a brief lull in the fighting, supposedly to let humanitarian aid into eastern ghouta. the hospital, back in the government-held part, was quieter, too. he was hit by a mortar in two splais places. medical director nihad assaf introduced to us his patient who was injured in a mortar attack. >> he said, "in one moment, they were a family-- father and mother and son. no

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seth doane, the only u.s. correspondent inside syria, reports from government-held territory in damascus. >> reporter: there is a steady stream of patients at this state-run hospital in damascus. this we're being told is the victim of a mortar attack. he was just brought in in the ambulance. dr. ali ghazi works in the e.r., often treating civilians who have been caught in sniper attacks or explosions. >> it's affecting everything. it makes a very big stress on the medical team. >> reporter: but he says for the most part this hospital has what it needs. it's a different story only a couple of miles away in the besieged suburb of eastern ghouta. there the rebels are completely surrounded by president bashar al-assad's forces. hundreds of thousands of civilians are trapped. it's impossible for us to cross the line from here in government-held damascus to rebel-held ghouta, so we reached a doctor there by phone. >> we are under siege. we are under siege. >> reporter: dr. sakhr told us he's now operating undergroun

seth doane, cbs news, israel. >> glor: this intriguing story that's emerged at the winter olympics. darth korea brought its own cheering squad: gold medalists and propaganda. ben tracy is in pyeongchang. >> reporter: the historic joint north and south korea hockey team has been a big draw, but what many are watching is not on the ice. it's those matching red uniforms and highly synchronized movements of north korea's official cheer squad. >> they did all the same movements all at once at the same time. so, we're like, oh, wow, it was really funny to see. >> reporter: kim jong-un's so- called "army of beauties" are fosen for their looks and loyalty to the regime. his wife ri sol-ju is a former member. the cheer squad makes up nearly half of north korea's more than 500-person delegation, just 22 of which are actual athletes. it's a north korean charm offensive some south koreans just find offensive. but now it's their cheer gear that's causing a stir. waving the unified korean flag was okay, but then out came these masks that resemble a young kim il-sung, the founder of north korea an

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seth doane is the only correspondent there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the government tries to retake eastern ghouta, a large 40-mile square area that's roughly two times the size of manhattan. it has densely populated areas, orchards and a web of competing militant groups that have dug in. the bombardment of eastern ghouta continues, and while militants there may be surrounded, they're hardly surrendering. they regularly lob mortars into the areas of government. just standing in the neighborhoods you see pictures of people who have died in the fight. people come up with things like mortar and shrapnel and they brought over this little girl. they said, meet her, her father was killed in the fighting. signs of war are everywhere but they're dwarfed by the widespread destruction in eastern ghouta under assad's forces. they're not civilians. they're terrorist groups. he said, do you think the government can hurt them by sending rice, sugar, and flour. so far the plan to allow for a five-hour-a-day break has not worked. the hospital has told us they've seen

seth doane is in lebanon near the syrian border with the latest on this story, seth, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we are close to the border with syria. the eastern suburbs of the capital damascus have been bombard by sources loyal to the syrian government as they try to regain control there. using some of most aggressive assaults of this seven year long war. young children, some infant, treated at a hospital inside rebel-controlled douma in eastern ghouta. while the intensity of air strikes lessened, forces allied with the syrian government continued bombing the damascus suburb, despite a u.n. cease-fire brokered saturday. "i was hit by shrapnel all over," this man said. "and my 9-year-old son was killed." the 30-day cease-fire did not specify a start time. apparently the result of lobbying by syria's ally russia. it's estimated more than 500 people, including at least 130 children, have been killed since this latest assault began last week. pictures released over the weekend by syrian activists show patients, including children, apparently suffering from symptoms consist

seth doane is the only network correspondent in damascus.eth, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. air strikes and artillery shelling racheted up overnight as the government tries to retake eastern ghouta, a large 40-square-mile area that is roughly two times the size of manhattan. it has densely populated areas, orchards, and a web of competing military groups that have dug in. the bombardment of eastern gout to continues. while militants there may be surrounded, they regularly lobbed mortars into areas loyal to the government. just standing in these neighborhoods you see pictures of people who have died in the fighting, people come up with things like mortars and shrapnel, and they just brought over this little girl and said, meet her, her father was killed in the fighting. signs of war are everywhere. but they're dwarfed by the widespread destruction in eastern ghouta, under assault from president bashar al assad's forces. "the people who hurt us aren't civilians, they are terrorist groups," ayman kende told us. "do you think the gove

seth doane reports from the lebanese/syrian border. >> reporter: we are close to the border with syriaby forces loyal to the syrian government as they try to reagain control there. using some of the most aggressive assaults of the 7 year war. young children were treated. while intensity of air strikes is less, forces allied with the syrian government continued bombing the suburb despite a u.n. cease-fire brokered saturday. i was hit by shrapnel all over, this man said. and my 9-year-old son was killed. the 30-day cease-fire did not specify a start time. apparently the result of lobbying by syria's ally, russia. it is estimated more than 500 people including at least 130 children, have been killed since this latest assault began last week. pictures released over the weekend by syrian activists show patients including children, apparently suffering from symptoms consistent with a chlorine attack. the 16 patients were being treated by syrian american medical society operating inside the rebel held damascus suburb. the syrian government has always denied using chemical weapons and their ru

seth doane reports from the front line. >>> this neighborhood in damascus is not far from eastern ghoutaes have been brutally bombing the rebels for the past ten days. the rebels fired back with mortars their main weapon. one tore into the second floor of his house. they hit my home, made my family afraid. those people are terrorists. today a brief lull in the fighting supposedly to let humanitarian aid into eastern ghouta, the back was quiet too. hit by a mortar. >> translator: in one moment they were a family. father, mother and son. now their son is dead. yeah. >> reporter: his son died. elias khouli was 4. you are a doctor, you think you would be immune to some of this. >> i think this war is very bad for all the syria. not only for us. pain by civilians on both side of the conflict. tonight, jeff, hearing explosions in the distance foaming body wash. pump, foam, hydrate new dove men + care foaming body wash here'and you look amazinglylook comfortable. when your v-neck looks more like a u-neck.., that's when you know, it's half-washed, add downy to keep your collars from stretching,

seth doane reports. >> reporter: this cockpit video from israeli helicopter shows a possible new front drone when it crossed the israeli border. israel accuses iran of using a base inside syria to launch the drone. israel retaliated with a streak from an f-16 and syrians fired back. knocking an israeli jet out of the sky for the first time in 36 years. >> i think both sides don't want to go to war. the very delicate decisions between escalation and containment, will continue to be the main dilemma for the decision makers in tehran and in jerusalem. >> he is a former israeli army intelligence chief. who is worried about archen me iran using the chaos of syria from which to attack israel. >> this its about iran, building a force, a military power, and basis, in syria. against israel and israel determination not to let it happen. >> reporter: this is where that f-16 crashed and burned. you can see the singed trees. a school just over there. what is so shock ak but this location is that we are more than 60 miles from the border with syria. that's syrian anti-aircraft missile, struck down t

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seth doane is in israel at the site of the crash. seth, good morning. >> good morning.hed. the pilots ejected and survived but the first time an israeli military jet had been shot out of the sky since the early 1980s. shockingly, it was struck down inside israeli air space by a syrian anti-aircraft missile. a military intelligence chief we spoke with today said he worries this could be the start of a new phase in this war that has ground on for seven years in syria where we see a direct confrontation between iran and israel. over the weekend, israel saw what has long worried about iran allegedly using a base from inside syria to launch a drone into israeli territory. israelis shot the drone out of the sky once it entered israel's territory and then launched f-16s in retaliation to target both syrian and iranian positions inside syrian. then it appears russian president vladimir putin stepped in to try to calm things down. the russians would like to see this war come to a close and not enter a new phase and kaes late. john? >> seth doane in northern israel, thanks. >>> a

seth doane is now in damascus. seth, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. government-held areas of damascus have also been shelled by rebels lobbing mortars and it was reports of shelling on those humanitarian corridors today that may have thwarted efforts to evacuate civilians. syrian state tv reporter was on live near one of the corridors when there was an explosion. footage shows the road meant to be carrying evacuated civilians from ghouta has been quiet this morning. the plan had been to allow them to escape this -- the barrage of air strikes, bombs and shelling that have pounded this part of the capital for more than a week. it was a bit quieter overnight ahead of the planned russian-backed five-hour pause. but reports from this hell on earth are dire. the white helmets posted this video of at least two small children being carried from the rubble of their home. they asked, "where is mom?" the u.n. estimates as many as three quarters of private homes have been damaged. civilians have caught refuge in cramped underground shelters where hospitals are st

seth doane is the only network correspondent in damascus

seth doane is in damascus, good morning. >> reporter: good morning.ebels have been lobbing mortars on the humanitarian quarters. and it was reports that may have thwarted the rescue of civilians. a syrian state tv reporter was on live near one of the corridors when there was an explosion. footage shows the road meant to be carrying evacuated civilians from ghouta has been quiet this morning. the plan had been to allow them to escape this. the barrage of air strikes, bombs, and shelling that have pounded this part of the capital for more than a week. it was a bit quieter overnight ahead of the planned russian-backed five-hour pause. reports from this hell on earth are dire. the white helmets posted this video of at least two small children being carried from the rubble of their home. they ask, "where is mom?" the u.n. estimates as many as three quarters of private homes have been damaged, so civilians have sought refuge in cramped, underground shelters. a syrian doctor describes a catastrophic situation at her field hospital with exhausted, hungry medi