the interpret is down for a second day. the syrian government blames terrorists. the activists say syrian civil war led to the deaths of more than 40,000. and now live to conor. this is getting serious and it is reportedly the biggest communications outage since it began. reporter: yes. that is right. according to international analysts they say 90 90 percentf the internet connections are down in syria. it is overwhelmingly likely that it was the assad regime that cut the communication devices. there are a couple of possibilities. some analysts say it is possible the regime will launch a large scale military offensive. they have cut devices before but the more likely is that as rebels push to damascus and government-held areas they are doing anything they can to try to slow down the rebel assault in the government-held areas.
they have been using as you say fighter jets, helicopters, tanks, 1,000 new soldiers sent down to the city to try and quell that rebel assault. on top of that down in damascus residents were woken up at 3:00 in the morning with the sound of heavy artillery striking the remaining rebel posts that exist on side the capital. hundreds of families fleeing for their lives heading for the borders where we believe there are 200,000 refugees that crossed out of syria. word news that turkey closed its border. a supply truck was hit not exactly who that was by. if they are closing the border it will make extremely difficult for those to get out of violence. if more turn up it will be difficult for them to be contained. we hear russia is creating a bit of distance from itself and assad regime. long been a supporter there, it told assad quite clearly that the use of chemical
does not understand where the united states did not criticize the rebels for that attack. syrian opposition groups report the ambassadors to cypress and the united arab emirates defected joining the syrian ambassador to iraq and a syrian general in leaving the regime. the violence continues in syria. and now, the news is live in central israel this evening fresh back from a trip to the syrian border. reporter: the violence continues. we have seen the greatest effort by the regime to round out rebels in the biggest city in syria in the north which is a central support area for the bashar al-assad regime. it is where he get as lot of financial support, as well. he sent in fighter jets. he sent in tanks. he sent in helicopter gunshots. he is trying to get to the rebel assault that is in the making. they are using heavy artillery
following a final clash between supporters and rebels was verified sparking celebration throughout libya. nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel has a look at the last moments of gadhafi s life. fair warning, the following report does contain some images that are not suitable for children. reporter: gadhafi s final moments, injured, dazed, manhandled and dieing, captured by rebels who prop him up on the hood of a car to take pictures, proof of life, but he wouldn t live much longer. news of gadhafi s death triggered wild celebrations across libya. he was killed in sirte, his hometown in a neighborhood called district 2. fighting there has been intense for weeks. the reason is now obvious. the rebel assault devastated district 2. moammar gadhafi tried to escape in a convoy with bodyguards he
in just a moment. libyan government concedes that parts of the city are no longer under its control. it says 1,300 people have been killed over the past 12 hours. a government spokesman has called for immediate negotiation and a halt to the rebel assault. the libyan rebels say some gadhafi loyalists are still holding out in the capital of tripoli. but let s go to my colleague matthew chance. he and other universities have been watching these fast-moving developments unfold at a hotel where they were. matthew, tell us what it s like where you are right now. we re worried but but set the scene. reporter: well, it s a very strange vantage point we have on this tripoli crisis. as the gun battles rage outside as crowds celebrate in some parts of tripoli, we re still confined to this hotel in the center of the city. at one point earlier this evening many of the government minders who have been assigned to us, first of all they started carrying weapons and as the evening progresse