叙利亚暴力事件升级

Since Syrian military tanks rolled into Daraa, eyewitnesses say the situation is worsening by the day. And yet as is shown in this YouTube video, whose authenticity cnn cannot independently verify, small acts of courage and cries of defiance. As this group of demonstrators approaches the Syrian military, chanting, "the army has sold us out! " Gunfire. The crowd scatters and then we hear another chant, "we are not afraid!"

The death toll in Syria is rising by the day.

cnn has still not been granted access to report from inside Syria. An eyewitness in Daraa we spoke to said that the death toll there continued to rise. The more recent casualties, he says, caused by sniperfire, saying that snipers had positioned themselves on rooftops and were firing indiscriminately at anyone who dared venture out. Amongst the casualties, he claimed, was a 6-year-old child, and he said that relatives continue to be unable to bury their loved ones because he claimed Syrian security forces were still occupying the cemetery. Nearly halfway around the world, Syria's ambassador to the U.N. rejected calls for an independent investigation.

"This is too early to decide on receiving anybody. We have our national investigation commission that is, that has ordered the undertaking, a full investigation about what happened, about all the casualties among civilians as well as among the military. So we are doing our homework. We don't need help from anybody."

Syrian state TV broadcast video, claiming to be the confession of an individual part of an extremist terrorist cell. The government blaming foreign interference and armed gangs for the uprising. But videos continue to emerge that depict a starkly different image. This one said to be shot in Homs, on Friday.Demonstrations there and throughout the country on Friday quickly turned deadly, as activists say Syrian security forces unleashed their weapons on them. The wounded are carried into what appears to be a narrow alley, a walkway inside a house, trying to escape the carnage going on outside.

The Syrian regime seems immune to international condemnation and threats of sanctions. Rather than scaling back their brutal crackdown, Syrian security forces appear to be intensifying it.

Arwa Damon cnn, Beirut.