of thousands of civilians in rebel areas will be besieged. they show our cameraman the regime positions. now they begin with a surprise attack. across open ground these men are young, breathless but in this war's carnage that amounts to experience. so many do not last long. >> translator: these are the farms that the army took the commander says and they took it because arab countries let us down by not giving us weapons. iran is supporting bashar's army. >> reporter: this is a mad dash towards a better equipped regime and then positions by a dirt wall.