this is the story of a cnn team that got into syria s most dangerous city. to reach a handful of citizens risking their lives every day. to see firsthand, to bear witness, and to tell the world about the suffering, the grief, and the courage of homs. this is the account of 72 hours under fire. [ explosion ] reporter: for more than a year, the regime of dictator bashar al assad have used brutal force to put down a popular uprising in syria. across the country, protesters demanded change, chanting, down with the regime. this is homs. you can see over there another rocket landed on one of the civilian s houses. reporter: the city of homs became the beating heart of a growing uprising. but the syrian military sealed off one neighborhood as it tried to crush the revolt. the assad regime is shelling relentlessly these neighborhoods. there are snipers positioned in areas that are, you know, killing people as they try to leave their homes. it s a civilian neighborhood
speaks for itself. reporter: bombarded for months. picked off by snipers. food and supplies running out. medical care, impossible. this is the story of a cnn team that got into syria s most dangerous city. to reach a handful of citizens risking their lives every day. to see firsthand, to bear witness, and to tell the world about the suffering, the grief, and the courage of homs. this is the account of 72 hours under fire. [ explosion ] reporter: for more than a year, the regime of dictator bashar al assad have used brutal force to put down a popular uprising in syria. across the country, protesters demanded change, chanting, down with the regime. this is homs. you can see over there another rocket. reporter: the city of homs became the beating heart of a growing uprising. but the syrian military sealed off one neighborhood as it tried to crush the revolt. the assad regime is shelling relentlessly these neighborhoods. there are snipers positioned in areas that
speaks for itself. reporter: bombarded for months. picked off by snipers. food and supplies running out. medical care, impossible. this is the story of a cnn team that got into syria s most dangerous city. to reach a handful of citizens risks their lives every day. to see firsthand, to bear witness, and to tell the world about the suffering, the grief, and the courage of homs. this is the account of 72 hours under fire. [ explosion ] reporter: for more than a year, the regime and dictator bashar al assad have used brutal force to put down a popular uprising in syria. across the country, protesters demands change, chanting, down with the regime. this is another rocket. reporter: the city of homs became the beating heart of a growing uprising. but the syrian military sealed off one neighborhood as it tried to crush the revolt. the assad regime is shelling relentlessly these neighborhoods. there are snipers positioned in areas that are, you know, killing people a
reporter: bombarded for months. picked off by snipers. food and supplies running out. medical care, impossible. this is the story of a cnn team that got into syria s most dangerous city. to reach a handful of citizens risking their lives every day. to see firsthand, to bear witness, and to tell the world about the suffering, the grief, and the courage of homs. this is the account of 72 hours under fire. [ explosion ] reporter: for more than a year, the regime of dictator bashar al assad have used brutal force to put down a popular uprising in syria. across the country, protesters demanded change, chanting, down with the regime. this is homs. you can see over there another rocket landed on one of the civilian s houses. reporter: the city of homs became the beating heart of a growing uprising. but the syrian military sealed off one neighborhood as it tried to crush the revolt. the assad regime is shelling relentlessly these neighborhoods. there are snipers posit
homs. syria, a people under siege. this speaks for itself. bombarded for months. kicked off by snipers. food and supplies running out. medical care impossible. this is the story of the cnn team that got into syria s most dangerous city. to reach a handful of citizens risking their lives every day. to see firsthand, to bear witness, and to tell the world about the suffering. the grief. and the courage of homs. this is the account of 72 hours under fire. for more than a year, the regime of dictator bashar al assad had used brutal force to put down a popular uprising in syria. across the country, protesters demanded change, chanting date down with the regime. this is homs, baba amr. you can see over there, another rocket landed on a civilian s house. the city of homs became the beating heart of a growing uprising, but the syrian military sealed off one neighborhood, baba amr, as it tried to crush the revolt. the assad regime is shelling relentlessly these neighborho