of what's unfolding in syria. >> the government is now making promises. one of them according to state run tv is that people detained in recent weeks where protests are occurring are will be released. videos from inside syria are in contrast to the videos we just showed. some of the videos we've just seen, cnn can't independently verify them, but they show rising tensions. this is what it looked like in syria. in the uprising in the 1980s, thousands were killed. but now anger is rising and so is violence involving anti-government protesters and syrian security forces. one human rights organization reports dozens of people have been killed in the past two days. the head of that group tells cnn the wall of fear in syria is