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Policies, all sides, all sectors need to be directed at winning this war what we have seen and heard about is a real escalation in the past few days of a syrian military offensive against the armed opposition in this country. its happening throughout the nation. the military is using a range of weaponry from big to small. even for the first time in the suburbs around where we are right now in the capital of damascus, heavy artillery. all of this has kept the u.n. observer mission grounded except...

Permission of the syrian regime, which now is monitoring his reporting. >>reporter: officials are calling the downing of the plane "legitimate self-defense." that is the reaction to the nato strong condemnation of the act, maybe they are too busy with other things, like launching a major offensive the past days against the increasingly well armed and well coordinated opposition rebel. government strongholds are being pounded across the country, including right near where we are in damascus, in t...

Suburbs, right here in damascus where we are right now. we heard, our team heard heavy fighting overnight, and that has kept the u.n. observer mission grounded for the past ten days or so. they say its too dangerous to go out. there was one humanitarian mission run to a nearby hospital. we went along, and i caught up with the head of the overall mission, norwegian general robert mood, heres a bit of my back and forth with him. >> its disappointing because i come from a position in which more vio...

And condemn it in the strongest terms. >> turkeys prime minister spoke of a toughening stance against the increasingly hostile neighbor. >> we will never tolerate or leave unreciprocated, he said, "any security threat created by the syrian regime on our borders." meanwhile, the fighting rages on. syrian security is conducting a major offensive against increasingly well-armed rebels. the clashes are even happening in damascus suburbs. all this kept the u.n. observer mission grounded. with the ris...

we have had report of tornados, tornado warnings are posted and with the land falling tropical system, tornados are not out of the question. so tropical storm debby, the latest coming out at 5:00. national hurricane center did make a few tweaks. with its intensity and path, which is quite interesting. it is a broad circulation. as you heard don said everyone from the florida to the texas coast needs to be mindful of this. also, its moving very slowly. what does that mean? it wont be a ...

Likely further inflame the tension and more bloodshed in syria. our greg palkot bravely streaming live from damascus. >> were just back from the u.n. observer mission head quarters here in damascus, and those folks are still locked down. its now been a week and its too dangerous for them to go outside. they want to get out there, but the fighting is too intense and goes on across the country and a few flaps in the northern city, a protest of anti-government activists was fired upon by government...

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