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Story right now. syria's state-run news agency claims that rebels have killed 25 people in a chemical attack in northern syria. opposition forces are denying those claims. they are blaming assad's government for that missile attack in aleppo. conor powell joins us now live from jerusalem. he has been on this story for quite some time. conor, what are you hearing about which side is to blame here so far? >> reporter: well, martha, we're hearing conflicting accounts of what happened and who was responsible for using chemical weapons but it does appear based on reports coming out of syria and als...

Using these proxies to support their respective interests. the notion that somehow the struggle for syria will be over when the assads and family and security services are somehow either overthrown or killed, is an illusion. we're just at the beginning of a very long struggle for syria. >> what are our options in syria? >> aaron is actually right. i was in lebanon in beirut. i went to the south and inside syria for three days in july. it's true. the civil war will outlive bah sha -- bashar al assad. all the minorities are fearing today. they're, of course, pro-assad, simply because they fear t...

Egyptian air have closed their flights. there are reports the rebels are pushing closer and closer to the government held areas around damascus. we have heard that 20 leave fighters who joined the ranks of the syrian rebels were killed by pro assad forces yesterday or early today and it is not clear when they were killed but it does appear there was a shifting landscape in syria right now with fighters coming in, possibly going to ignite a larger regional conflict and the rebels themselves are making progress. >>shepard: thank you, conor. at the same time the internet has gone dark in syria a ...

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