i m elaine quijano. the violence in syria ratcheted up another notch today, and for the first time a high-ranking military officer was among the fatalities. charlie d agata in london has more on today s deadly round of attack and counter-attack. reporter: a resident in the besieged city of homs told cbs news tonight syrian forces are intensifying their relentless bombardment. reporter: kamal blames president bashar al-assad for ordering the offensive that has flattened homs and killed hundreds of people in the city in the past week alone. reporter: the u.s. state department released these satellite images that appeared to show the deployment of heavy residents surrounding residential neighborhoods and homes. the violence is not only getting worse, it s spreading. fighting has been reported in several other cities, including idlib, and syria s largest city aleppo. two huge explosions yesterday killed 28 people and wounded 175 more. here s dramatic evidence the violence i
this is the cbs evening news. good evening. i m elaine quijano. the violence in syria ratcheted up another notch today, and for the first time air, high-ranking military officer was among the fatalities. charlie d agata in london has more on today s deadly round of attack and counter-attack. reporter: a resident in the besieged city of homs told cbs news tonight syrian forces are intensifying their relentless bombardment. yes, it s getting worse day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute. the situation is really disrting and now we are in dangerous place. i m just waiting to die, simple as that. reporter: kamal blames president bashar al-assad for ordering the offensive that s flattened homs and killed hundreds of people in the city in the past week alone. my biggest concern is i m going to lose my two little kids. assad, he s a murderer and he s committing genocide against his own people. the u.s. state department releasedly the satellite that appeared to show
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good evening. we begin tonight with stories of fear and panic from the ship costa requested equality concordia as it ran aground and keeled over near a small island near tuscany. at least three people are known dead, dozens more unaccounted for. alan pizzey picks up the story. reporter: passengers had just sat down to dinner when they heard a loud bang. the impact tore a 160-foot gash in the hull and an eight-day mediterranean cruise turned into what some passengers described as scenes from the movie titanic. with water pouring in, the costaa concordia began to list. the lucas family from girdwood, alaska knew it was time to go. when tiffs listing, you thought, there s water coming on board. there s something wrong if it s tipping like that. we went to the high side. that was chaotic. in the hallways, people had lifejackets on. the power was out. ( screaming ). reporter: at least they were on the side of the ship where they could get off. but the only way down wa
good evening. we begin tonight with stories of fear and panic from the ship costa requested equality concordia as it ran aground and keeled over near a small island near tuscany. at least three people are known dead, dozens more unaccounted for. alan pizzey picks up the story. reporter: passengers had just sat down to dinner when they heard a loud bang. the impact tore a 160-foot gash in the hull and an eight-day mediterranean cruise turned into what some passengers described as scenes from the movie titanic. with water pouring in, the costaa concordia began to list. the lucas family from girdwood, alaska knew it was time to go. when tiffs listing, you thought, there s water coming on board. there s something wrong if it s tipping like that. we went to the high side. that was chaotic. in the hallways, people had lifejackets on. the power was out. ( screaming ). reporter: at least they were on the side of the ship where they could get off. but the only way down wa