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Amnesty International releases report on violence in Syria

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    Human rights group details death, destruction in nearly two dozen towns

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New evidence tonight of crimes against humanity and set sectarian civil war in the nation of Syria.

The human rights group Amnesty International today released a new report detailing the death and destruction nearly two dozen Syrian towns and villages have witnessed.

One official said that in every place you visited Syrian soldiers -- Executed young men.

Burned their homes and tortured those they arrested.

The amnesty official also blasted the government in Syria for claiming terrorists are actually responsible for much of the killings.

Overwhelming majorities of the violations are being committed.

By the government's security force -- and that paramilitary many nations I've gained the civilian population.

And meanwhile there are new signs of sectarian violence a suicide bomber today blew up a car near a major Shiite shrine in serious capital Damascus.

It said to be the brutal the burial place of the prophet -- granddaughter.

Members of Syria's majority Sunni Muslim population are reportedly leading the fight against the Syrian president Bashar Al Assad.

Who was a member of that sect that is the Shiite Muslim offshoot.

-- jeered with the -- he's in our New York City newsroom tonight Greg.

You know ship and -- the target could be a shrine or maybe the nearby military police station we just don't know but the violence we know grows more chaotic and increasingly hard to assign blame.

For the bloodshed.

UN monitors able to reach the scene of that devastating homicide car bombing in Damascus ten people at least wounded.

Western officials are saying that Muslim extremists some associated with al-Qaeda could be to -- -- After days of trying to UN convoy finally arrived in the town of Al have -- to find it nearly deserted.

State buildings burned to the ground shops abandoned stores looted.

And quote the strong stench of bodies in the year.

Intense battles there between forces loyal to president this year all the sod and the rebel fighters in the end force the fighters to flee shot.

Greg secretary of state Clinton said that the Russians were sending helicopters attack helicopters.

To the Syrians but now we're getting a clarification from the State Department is that right.

That's right chipped it turns out they may not actually be new shipments at all but older choppers being repaired refurbished but the Russians but you know is that a distinction without a difference.

Whether they are new or whether they are -- -- the concern remains that they will be used for the exact same purpose that.

Current helicopters in Syria are being used and that is to kill civilians.

-- videos smuggled out of Syria appears to show Russian made helicopters some firing mission missiles.

And while Russia claims it does not supply Damascus with -- any weapons.

That was Syrian ambassador to Moscow admitted today does get weapons from Russia -- -- the two allies.

Can't seem to get their stories straight no they can't it's a proxy war and it's -- civil war and those are facts Gregg Jarrett thanks so much.

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