stephanie decker. >> it's been tense here since sunday when the rebels stronghold of yabroud fell to the syrian army. >> we knew there would be retaliation. we knew the fighters would come and react against us. we lost some to these car bombs and rockets, and we had to close the road. >> reporter: but the road closure has hit this makeshift clinic hard. the wounded often brought here and the with the roadblock those seriously injured could not be delivered to the hospital. >> we have 130 wounded since yabroud fell. unfortunately, the road was closed to humanitarian cases. we ran out of medical supplies. we hope the road will stay open so the most extreme cases can get treated. >> reporter: the role of the army now is to try to maintain calm, carrying out patrols. the government has made it clear that calming the security situation is it's top priority. the tomorrow alasl lies nestled in the mountains. it's a long porous border, a no man's land and many fighters from syria have come into this area and carried out attacks on villages. but those who have lived their lives in arsal say t

as stephanie decker reports, these appears appear to be little more than a rubber stamp. >> these can carefully controlled images filmed by agencies under the strict watch of the north korean regime. it is election day and people have little choice. they must vote. >> translator: i just cast a vote of approval for our candidate. i will devote all of my intelligence and strength to strengthen our socialist system centered on the method. >> these are parliamentary elections but only one candidate runs for each district. there is no choice. what you can do is vote yes or no for the person who will be your representative. but if you vote no, you need to very publically enter a separate booth, and that is something very few here are willing to risk. >> the last e elections were held in 2009 under the late leader, kim jong il. he received one 00% of the vote and turnout was reportedly 99.98%. these are the first e elections since kim jong un took over. >> we will show the might of the single-hearted unity of our army. people who are formly united. >> these elections are about the regime, us

stephanie decker joins us from that town, labwa. stephanie, a lot of tension there.sion very high in the area. what is happening there at the moment? >> reporter: well, the lebanese army, the special forces, have been deployed. you can see them behind me. this unit specifically has been trying to contain the situation, to look for fighters that have come across this border from syria. now, we were up -- there is another checkpoint just up the road. we saw the army take away four men that came in a van with refugees. the commander of the army was holding a flag that belongs to the palestinian group that is known to be fight ningdz syria. these are the issues. it's a mount nance border. insi these are the issues. it's a mount nance border. the shiia villages around this area. we are hearing gunfire from a funeral taking place of 2 hezbollah men who were killed on sunday in that car bomb that followed the announcement that the jabud was taken, commanders by hezbollah, we believe. so, it's very tension. we have just come back from inside arsaw and the lebanese says we ha

stephanie decker has more. >> government soldiers raised the syrian flag in triumph, these pictures an a proregime station, reportedly show the p toos after a fierce battle to take over the nearly 900-year-old. government forces say at least 14 rebels were killed. the syrian observatory meanwhile says at least 60 people were killed or injured as they fled for the border. >> built during the christian crusade, and is famous for being one of the best preserved castles. it has been a popular tourist destination, but since 2012 it's been fierce fighting between forces and the government. >> this footage appears to show military jets targeting the area, directly around the castle in early february. and in october, air strikes are said to have hit the fort itself, leaving parts of it damaged. it's unclear if it has ruined part of the structure, it is just one of many sites that has fallen victim to the three-year-old war. the news that the the syrian government is now firmly in control and it's surrounding town is just the latest in a long stretch of victories along this boarder. this is all

stephanie decker, al jazeera, along the syrian border. >> an investigation has found the c.i.a. misled congress about the use of torture in interrogation. now earlier today i spoke with jason leopold, the investigative journalist who uncovered this interrogation. >> reporter: the enhanced interrogation techniques that were used on prisoners and one in particular, the first high profile detainee captured after 9/11, many of these means were not justified through the legal memory by john yu. there are many new techniques that we have not heard about before. my sources tell me. and that this report will set the record straight on what those techniques were, and when they were used. >> okay, in the black banner, one of the two agents who first interrogated in that sort of c.i.a. prison, he suggested that the enhanced interrogation techniques from an experiment. were they a guinea pig for these techniques? >> reporter: indeed, he was. the senate report on the c.i.a.'s interrogation program will go into great detail about that. and yes, he uses the worth experiment numerous times in h