their crackdown on the opposition. they say security forces have snatched people from their homes in damascus as well as in the city of homs. an iwitness says security checkpoints have been set up and there are tanks on the streets. there are claims that government forces have converted football stadiums into makeshift prisons because they've arrested so many people. now, the official line from the government is that it's arrested conspirators and rioters. cnn can't confirm these reports it's getting because the authorities aren't allowing our reporters in. the united nations is saying a u.n. humanitarian team has been kept out, even though it got permission from the government. it was planning to check the situation in the city of daraa. now we have a researcher on syria fort u.s. based charity for the human rights watch and joins us via skype from beirut. what are some of the latest stories you are hearing from your contacts inside syria?