now fighting between protesters and government forces continues in syria as well the city of hama has witnessed some of the most severe clashes but a few days ago the army withdrew an hour to. travel to the city to assess the aftermath of the violence. the city of hama around two hundred kilometers north of the capital damascus religiously conservative sunni dominated city it's been one of the centers opelousas tensions here in syria for many years in one thousand nine hundred eighty two during the current president bashar assad's father rulon the city saw a bloody massacre according to amnesty international over ten thousand people were killed there in the regimes crackdown on the city's sunni population but during this conflict this city has been among the last to join the national opera's in the army were moved into in july and withdrew ten days later i t. is now going to see how things are on the ground after the army left the city and to try to find out exactly what happened there during a ten day military operation. the way to hama goes through homs the city where activists have

we have more on syria in the city of hama. the government is shooting at anything that moves. >> the city has been under siege for five days. lettis reports say as many as 45 civilians have been killed. now there are food and medical surge -- shortages. activist has sent pictures of the bbc -- to the bbc, but many are too shocking to show. the ones in this report are disturbing. >> syrian military vehicles are heading towards hama today. the video is hard to verify, but a troubling picture is emerging. yesterday it seemed tanks and troops swept into the city center -- a concerted effort to crush the uprising in hama. >> they were using anti-aircraft guns to shoot the buildings, the cars and the people. they're trying to find anyone and kill them. the hospitals are shut down. the generators do not work anymore. there is no food. it is like a battlefield. it is like some villages in iraq when the u.s. army invaded. >> as evidence from these pictures, injured civilians being targeted. what we are now about to show maybe distressin

this is what's left from the opposition in the center of the city of hama feel safe it was attacked by three mr graves operating here shortly before. six hundred eighty two is the country which many believe is following in libya's footsteps and our special report on the aftermath of the military operation in the syrian city of hama it's coming away later this hour here on. france plans to hold a high level meeting next week to discuss libya's political future top libyan opposition leader has been invited to paris to attend a bushel reports now from the french capital. most every e.u. state has now declared it wants to take an active role in libya's development while at the same time saying it was the libyan people to decide their own future so exposed they were raising the question what does europe want does it want to continue interfering in libya's affairs or let them democratically decide their own future even poland's foreign minister has said that poland was to take part france has really taken the lead president sarkozy will meet the rebel leader mahmoud jibril on wednesday in pa

at the entrance to hama all the cars. but that's not the only reminder of the recent unrest. rich in the city of hama became infamous after it appeared in amateur video posted on you tube showing the baathists thrown to the r.c. river comment accompanying this video sad these were residents of hama killed by security forces while syrian t.v. reported they were policeman. disappointed presidents photo and all military operations against anti-government protesters they've recently been reports about the army still being deployed in several cities across syria including hama. this is what's left from the office is quiet in the center of the city of hama officials say it was attacked by extremists the roads operating here shortly before the armor and the city by. say that. the building on fire and killed at least twenty soldiers who were inside the building at the time of. the only came to remove barricades and behind these barricades there were armed people not peaceful demonstrations and there were clashes between them and the troops. while the governor is sharing his views on

this is what's that on the offices in the center of the city of hama officials say it was attacked by extremist groups operating here shortly before. the six. party tour of the country which magically was following maybe as footsteps our special report of the aftermath of the military operation in the syrian city of hama coming up later this hour. russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says there could have been a less bloody resolution to the libyan crisis but both nato and gadhafi didn't allow it to happen. we have always wanted a quicker outcome and it could have been faster but a number of factors prevented this from happening including could i face position told allies they could actually insisted that negotiations were only possible to him as actions were also on the floor exceeded the mandate or do you want security council. fighting in libya is reported to have reached the country's border with tunisia or heavy gunfire has been heard to beefed up its army presence in the frontier area as lenient and full traders have allegedly crossed the border artie's corresponded to remove

this is what's left from the office of crowd in the center of the city all the hamas official says it was attacked by extremist groups operating here shortly before and to the city r.t. towards the country which man you believe is following him may be useful steps our special report on the aftermath of the military operation in the syrian city of hama is coming up later this hour. france plans to hold a high level meeting next week to discuss leamy is political future the top libyan opposition leader has been invited to paris to attend well arty's danio bushell joins us from the french capital with more hello to you daniel so to what extent is that you you're involved in what's going on in libya the moment. well almost every e.u. state has now declared it wants to take an active role in libya's development while at the same time saying it wants the libyan people to decide their own future so experts here are raising the question what does europe want then they want to continue interfering in libya's affairs or let them democratically decide their own future even poland's foreign minis

the way to hama goes through homs a city where activists have been reporting dozens of civilians arse over the last few months of violence. the closer we get to it the more dramatic history becomes checkpoints appear and on the highway. at the entrance to hama all the cars are checked but that's not the only reminder of the recent unrest. this bridge in the city of hama became infamous after it appeared in amateur video posted on you tube showing the baathists thrown to the r.c. river comment accompanying this video sad these were residents of hama killed by security forces while syrian t.v. reported they were policeman. disappointed presidents photo and old military operations against anti-government protesters they've recently been reports about the army still being deployed in several cities across syria including hama. this is what's left from the offices in the center of the city of hama officials say it was attacked by a stream is the roads operating here shortly before the armor and the city they say that. the armed groups the building of fire and killed at least twenty soldier

the u.s. ambassador to syria went to hama just before the crackdown. >> the syrian government was saying there are armed groups up in hama. i went there. i didn't see a single gun. the most dangerous weapon i saw was a slingshot. >> reporter: as the arm tightens its grip, activists and human rights groups say at least 100 people have been killed there. secretary of state hillary clinton says the syrian government has killed 2,000 people countrywide since protests began four months ago. >> the shooting death of a one- year-old recently by the syrian's tanks and troops is a very stark example of what is going on. >> reporter: the people of hama have a history of rising up against the assad family. up to 25,000 people were killed there in 1982 when a rebellion was crushed. an eyewitness in hama interviewed earlier today criticized the arab world and the international community for watching silently as the syrian people are butchered. echoing the sentiments of many protesters in syria. >> pelley: lara, the u.s. government's imposed sanctions against the syrian dictatorship. what would the next ste

the u.s. ambassador to syria went to hama just before the crackdown. >> the syrian government was saying fhgrei went there. i didn't see a single gun. the most dangerous weapon i saw was a slingshot. >> reporter: as the army tightens its grip, activists ani human rights groups say at least 100 people have been killed there. secretary of state hillary clinton says the syrian eovernment has killed 2,000 people countrywide since protests began four months ago. >> the shooting death of a 1-year-old recently by the syrian regime's tanks and troopi is a very stark example of what is going on. >> reporter: the people of hama/ have a history of rising up against the assad family, up to 25,000 people were killed there in 1982, when a rebellion was crushed. an eyewitness in hama interviewed on thursday criticized the arab world and the international community for watching silently as the syrian people are being butchered. echoing the sentiments of many protesters in syria. lara logan, cbs news, washington. >>> in texas today polygamist leader warren jeffs faces sentencing for sexual abuse of children. y

has no control over all the palestinian groups operating there having said that though the hamas leadership has gone underground we understand that they still in hiding for fear that israel will carry out some kind of targeted attacks now the mid east quartet that comprises the u.n. the e.u. russia and the united states has issued a statement in which it condemns the israeli airstrikes and also condemns that initial attack on thursday in fact in a statement they said they have a court that those they attack cowardly terror attacks that have been planned in advance now the russian foreign ministry has also said that it is very concerned about this latest wave of violence it has urged both sides meaning is war and gaza to show restraint and to adhere to the cease fire we're told just as we speak we're hearing the latest from reuters israel and hamas agreed to gaza truce which is under way of course we'll be hearing more on this rather the day but in the meantime thanks very much for updating us on what's happening there policy you're talking to us from tel aviv. well the escalation

at the entrance to hama all the cars are checked but that's not the only reminder of the recent unrest. this bridge in the city of hama became infamous after it appeared in an amateur video posted on you tube showing their butt is thrown to the r.c. river comment accompanying this video sad these were residents of hama killed by security forces while syrian t.v. reported they were policeman. disappointed presidents vote to end all military operations against anti-government protesters they've recently been reports about the army still being deployed in several cities across syria including hama. we mistake a man at the checkpoint for one of the soldiers but he's just a police officer wearing special arms protection a measure introduced following dramatic events here this is what's left from the office of squad in the center of the city of hama officials say it was attacked by three missed groups operating here shortly before. the city they say that. young group set a building on fire and killed at least twenty soldiers who were inside the building at the time. the army came to remove g

hamas is inn control of the gaza strip. it's shown when it wants to crack down on these groups when they threaten hamas' own control, hamas does take action. it's more a case of israel holding them responsible rather saying hamas is directly involved in the attack. >> suarez: so israel is saying you could stop this if you wanted to, hamas? >> yes, that's the stance they're taking and they have said repeatedly and warned hamas, even if hamas is not directly involveed in the attacks, the retttttttttalou agr hamas-linked groups. this evening, in fact, it wasn't case. it was this group. six members of this group, the palestinian resistance-- at least five groups were killed in the attack. >> suarez: as we discussed earlier, there is instability in egypt. there's also on israel's northern border instability this syria. has there been a rising feeling of threat in israel because of all the tumult on its border? >> yes, there has, and a lot of that is linked to next month's possible declaration of palestinian statehood by the pales

arwa, this is a decisive escalation by the regime, why hama and why now? ter: yeah, son, it certainly is, activists will tell you this is the way for the regime to deliver a decisive blow to hama, it's been the scene of the largest, if not the largest, demonstrations to take place in syria. people there, some of them going so far as to say they have liberated hama from the regime. many say with the anticipated, even larger demonstrations scheduled to take place during the holy month of ramadan, the regime decided it was time to bring this about to anened, when it comes to this regime, that means a military?aofñend. if you remember, this crackdown began on sunday. there were short military incursions into hama, not all the way into the center of the city, though, this morning 6:00 in the morning, residents who we spoke to say that the tanks went barreling through, firing indiscriminately, gunshots, snipers positioned on rooftops. that main square where we had been seeing all those demonstrations happening, now is a tank position. food shortages, water shorta

carried out the terrorist attacks on thursday on its territory that they were in fact infiltrated from the hamas run the gaza strip and valid a tough response i mean surely the jewish state has the right to defend itself don't you agree. surely the palestinian people of that i would also try to defend themselves at target while they are on that occupation what israel is doing is constant a vocation israel could not provide any single proof that those who attacked them egyptian thirty three had any relationship but it's been no single proof was provided israel has attacked viciously guys killed up to now to fifteen people including three children one is two years old one is three years old one is five years old they killed a medical doctor while he was providing medical care at his son and they are continuing that act which has resulted already in fifty injured including the eleven women and eleven children this is coalition must stop in our opinion israel is using violence to the to run away from its social internal problems and to run away from the fact that it is diplomatically isolated becaus

the demonstrators resisting? what do they have to resist with? >> in hamaold me all they have really is sticks and stones literally. there's not very much they can do up against armored vehicles and machine guns. there are reports in the east where they have slightly eyes access to weapons and are shooting back but not on a very large scale i've heard of. overwhelmingly this is a protest movement. that's all i hear the people on the ground saying. the protest organizers are very keen to keep it that way. >> woodruff: this is the first day you said the holy month of ramadan. what sense do you get about whether the people of syria are responding to this call to escalate the demonstrations? >> well, i think you know, even if there hadn't been a call prior to the events of the last two days, people are very angry at what's happened not just in hama but also in the east and elsewhere in syria and particularly that it's happening now during the holy month. i think people are very angry. whenever i speak to activists, they say they are defiant and people are not g

information campaign procrit off the forces say they will remain well armed and are ready to fight for the. hamas the launches that rocket attacks on israel following the country's a deadly shelling of gaza this comes after hamas announced its calling off its a cease fire with the jewish state meanwhile thousands take to the streets of is a city easier to remember the victims and vent anger at the government. and also we march twenty years since moscow was placed under military curfew during an attempt to overthrow mikhail gorbachev a coup faced fierce resistance and failed to talk the government but nonetheless changed the course of history for the soviet union. up next our moscow out team is making a splash as they visit the best swimming pools and aqua parks in the russian capital . great. unique. so quickly to leave. moscow. hello i welcome to the show on this week's program i'll be exploring swimming i was related to the phase the high temperature is a three by deal flame for this is ex-pats and muscovites to cool off so we will bring you a few examples of where you can relax when i was some

are demonstrators also where being met with the same force that we see in hama? r: not necessarily the same level of military force, but most certainly there have been a number of reports where demonstrations throughout the country came under attack by syrian security forces. there's some pretty dramatic images that show people who appear to be holed up in a mosque coming under attack. and this, again, john just goes to show you the bravery and the defiance of these demonstrators. there's one clip in particular where you see the cameraman, the person filming it, appears to be on the roof of the mosque, and you see a plume of smoke rising. you hear gunfire, but you also hear the chants of the people want the downfall of the regime. so, it seems that despite everything that the government is trying to do, despite the fact that it appears to be literally trying to bomb and shoot these demonstrators into submission, at this point it's not working. >> arwa damon for us tonight from beirut, arwa, thank you. >>> let's continue the coverings with syrian human rights activ

in these pictures apparently showing the attack on hama, gunfire can clearly be heard. bullets striking the buildings can clearly be seen, but there's no way of telling where the gunfire is coming from. more pictures are emerging of tanks on the streets of hama, firing into the heart of the city. smoke can be seen billowing from streets nearby. a massive march at a funeral in a suburb of damascus. what they're chanting is: "the people want to topple the regime." >> reporter: the u.s. announced expanded sanctions against syria today. the treasury department froze the u.s. assets of a family friend of syrian president bashar al-assad and banned americans from doing business with his companies. nato officials announced the deaths of two service members in afghanistan today. one was killed by a man wearing an afghan police uniform, and another nato soldier died after an insurgent attack in the east. rain from tropical storm emily drenched the caribbean today, but weakened to a low pressure trough as it moved toward the u.s. heavy rains started falling in the dominican republ