statements are so far stunning. the chief monitor of the arab league observer force is a sudanese military commander mohammed mustafa al dabbi, he s the former head of intelligence in the government of omar basher. a man wanted for crimes against humanity. he told reuters that quote things were calm and there were no clashes in homs. he went on to say, the situation seems reassuring so far. he also said, some places looked a bit of a mess, but there was nothing frightening. nothing frightening. that s not of course what we ve been hearing from people in and around homs for months. and it s not what you will hear from a reporter who snuck into the city and just returned. the footage he took is very disturbing and we ll show you that tonight as well. there s other footage i want to show you, but it s hard to watch. this is video claiming to show the aftermath of an artillery strike in homs. the scene, destruction, several people lay dead. as always, we can t independently con
and their initial statements are so far stunning. the chief monitor of this arab league observer force is a sudanese military commander named lieutenant general mohammed ahmed mustafa al dhabi. not only is he a sudanese military commander, he s also the former head of foreign intelligence in the government of omar al bashir, the man now wanted by the international criminal court for genocide and crimes against humanity. more on that in a moment. today, the head of the arab league team in syria, general al dhabi, told reuters that things were calm and there were no clashes in homs, which has for months seen some of the deadliest violence. he went on to say, the situation seems reassuring so far. he also said, some places looked a bit of a mess but there was nothing frightening. nothing frightening. that is not of course what we ve been hearing from people in and around homs for months. and it s not what you will hear tonight from a reporter who snuck into that city and
stop violence against protesters. they ve been on the ground about 48 hours. and their initial statements are so far stunning. the chief monitor of this arab league observer force is a sudanese military commander named lieutenant general mohammed ahmed mustafa al dhabi. not only is he a sudanese military commander, he s also the former head of foreign intelligence in the government of omar al bashir, the man now wanted by the international criminal court for genocide and crimes against humanity. more on that in a moment. today, the head of the arab league team in syria, general al dhabi, told reuters that things were calm and there were no clashes in homs, which has for months seen some of the deadliest violence. he went on to say, the situation seems reassuring so far. he also said, some places looked a bit of a mess but there was nothing frightening. nothing frightening. that is not of course what we ve been hearing from people in and around homs for months. and it
they ve been on the ground for 48 hours and their initial statements are so far stunning. the chief monitor of the arab league observer force is a sudanese military commander mohammed mustafa al dabbi, he s the former head of intelligence in the government of omar basher. a man wanted for crimes against humanity. he told reuters that quote things were calm and there were no clashes in homs. he went on to say, the situation seems reassuring so far. he also said, some places looked a bit of a mess, but there was nothing frightening. nothing frightening. that s not of course what we ve been hearing from people in and around homs for months. and it s not what you will hear from a reporter who snuck into the city and just returned. the footage he took is very disturbing and we ll show you that tonight as well. there s other footage i want to show you, but it s hard to watch. this is video claiming to show the aftermath of an artillery strike in homs. the scene, destruction, seve
that president bashar al assad is keeping his promise to dial back the violence, start talks with the opposition and let aid workers lend a hand. before showing this next video, i really do want to warn you, it is very hard to watch. you may want to turn away but it underscores the sharp contrast between the two different versions of what is going on here. this is video claiming to show the aftermath of an artillery strike today on the city of homs. there are more than just the one body you see here, but it s simply too gory to show. as always, we cannot independently confirm the facts of this video because the syrian regime will not let us see for ourselves, but take a look. [ gunfire ] these are the streets of a neighborhood. the gunfire in homs is reportedly non-stop now. some witnesses say it seems as if government troops are basically racing to wipe out the opposition before outside observers can arrive. the worst of all of this appears to be happening in the neighborhoo