that believability to the american public. sean: before i let you go, you got in a little conflict with senator john mccain and recent trip to syria. there is a photograph taken of him with two men who according to beirut news reports that were involved in kidnapping of aroup of people from lebanon. your concern about having involvement in syria, i share your concerns because it reminds me of egypt. what are your concerns here? here is my point. i never mentioned his name. my point it s difficult to tell friends from both, even in afghanistan we ve been there ten years and much more stable. we have soldiers in the afghan army who are allies who shoot our soldiers in the back. we are going into syria and going to be allied with
shepard: 18 minutes before the hour. united nations removing some of its staff in syria after a mortar attack damaged a hotel and a u.n. truck. the temporarily mod some damascus based staff to beirut and cairo and has asked all other u.n. personnel in the country to work from home until further note. the fighting in syria, damascus, has escalated in recent months. meanwhile, a bomb attack reportedly injured a rebel leader who was one of the federal to call for the syrian people to rise up against the syrian president. activists say somebody put a bomb in his car, and whoever that somebody is it on the loose and they had to amputate the
other atrocities on youtube. damascus is quiet. no one really walking around. 5 million people hunkered down as the terrible war that s tearing their country apart has arrived here. in fierce battles raging in the city s suburbs. syria s many minorities live in terror of jihadist takeover of their country. before we came here, we visited christian refugees from syria who fled to beirut. they said they were forced out of their villages by muslim fundamentalists, ethnically cleansed. they supported the rebellion at first, but not now. they lost their homes, their communities, their way of life. we lived free as christians, this man tells us, putting up christmas trees and decorations. but now we are being targeted. a dirty war, no end in sight. we come to this country with the permission of the government, who want the other side of the
damascus is quiet. no one really walking around. 5 million people hunkered down as the terrible war that s tearing their country apart has arrived here. in fierce battles raging in the city s suburbs. syria s many minorities live in terror of jihadist takeover of their country. before we came here, we visited christian refugees from syria who fled to beirut. they said they were forced out of their villages by muslim fundamentalists, ethnically cleansed. they supported the rebellion at first, but not now. they lost their homes, their communities, their way of life. we lived free as christians, this man tells us, putting up christmas trees and decorations. but now we are being targeted. a dirty war, no end in sight. we come to this country with the permission of the government, who want the other side of the story told.
phone. the government attack on civilians has successfully emptied a town controlled by the rebels. it has failed to break the spirit of resistance. now i m a fighter, he says. i m ready to die. john, that man used to be a store manager, but since his neighborhood was destroyed by those air attacks, he said he s going to be a rebel fighter full time. john, back to you. john: steve harrigan, unbelievable. thank you. air france flight had to divert to the syrian capitol enwednesday and the cabin crew told passengers if they wanted to get out of syria, they might have to cough up some gas money. the plane was heading from paris to beirut, but when it ran low on fuel, it landed in damascus. because of international restrictions on syria, air france apparently had a hard time figuring out how to pay for a fill-up. the crew started asking around to see if passengers had enough