everyone i am wendy griffith. dramatic stuff taking place in the middle east. international community is preparing for the fall of bashar assad in the wake of a deadly suicide attack that rocked the capital killing four members of assad's inner circle. >> the brother-in-law and chief assad, the men with a a high ranking syrian general killed in arguably the deadliest attack on government officials since the gary lane is traveling in the region. >> damascus has been a bit of a fortress. it is now being brought to demas kus, the capitol. >> the brigade of islam talk responsibility on the getting worse when iraqis begin fleeing. thousands, mostly christians fled to syria. now the iraqi is telling them to get out. >> we came back from syria. i was worried about the security of my family. bombing and fighting there. where can these iraqi christians go? >> foreign fighters moving into the country practically everyday this group of snipers recently >> there are 10 other existing cells supporting this cell. >> some 16,000 people have died march 2011. >> the so-called a

. >> wendy: and i'm wendy griffith. the radical islamist group boko haram is claiming responsibility for recent attacks against christian villages in nigeria. hundreds of assailants armed with machetes stormed a dozens villages. more than 100 people died in those attacks. in a statement, boko haram says christians will not know peace again if they do not accept islam. and it expressed what it calls delight over the success of the attacks. >> at a moment, people are on the run. most of the houses are burned. and people are running to safety. but in the larger scale, all over the country people are confused. because people expect government to do what they are supposed to do. >> wendy: nigerian christian leaders are calling on the u.s. to officially declare boko haram a terrorist organization. >> george: and joining us with more from our washington studio is pastor ario, who heads up the pentacostal fellowship and serves as president of a r very important organization in nigeria, called the christian organization of niger

. >> and welcome to christian world news, everyone, i'm wendy griffith. the world is watching egypt closely after it became the first modern arab nation to elect a member of the muslim brotherhood as its president. the election could have profound consequences for israel, the middle east, and the u.s. chris mitchell has our story from jerusalem. >> reporter: mohammed morsi's win rocked the middle east. dori gold, israel's former ambassador to the u.n., says morsi's victory will be felt far beyond. >> the muslim brotherhood is going to give a shot of adrenalin to radical islamic groups across the world. >> reporter: he says that's why the truth must be told about this truth' group's intentions. today this organization is global. and behind terror groups like hamas. >> the actual goal of the muslim brotherhood is to reestablish the calafit. >> reporter: a calafit would mean islamic rule throughout the world. one of the steps towards that goal is a takeover of arab states, like egypt. a former ambassador to egypt says they are using democracy as a tool to ta

wendy? >> all right. tisha thompson, thanks. >>> still ahead, a look back fondly at our beloved actor andy griffith from the people who knew himnd concerns about a grab shortage on this 4th of july holiday. >>> well, few actors have created a carc tear as beloved and admired as mayberry's sheriff, andy taylor. and now generations of fans are remembering the life of actor andy griffith. he was 86 years old. his family says he died this morning at his home and he was buried on north carolina's outer banks, a place where that me he made his home for decades. os scar-winning director ron howard played his son opie on "the andy griffith show." he said griffith created a set that was both playful and disciplined. >> he approached everything with such a commitment to excellence and a desire to earn people's respect. >> jim nabors played gomer pyle on the show. he said he just talked to graift few weeks ago and said that this is a very personal loss for him and for all of us who grew up on that show. it's been many days of our childhood in mayberry. >>> after the storm now, montgomery county residents will have to go elsewhere for the