Syrian family lives under constant attack

December 3, 2012 4:23 PM

Only 20 percent of citizens remain in one of the first neighborhoods to rise up against Syria's President Assad. Elizabeth Palmer reports on one family that lives there under the constant threat of attack from the Syrian army.

Syrian communities persevere under heavy shelling

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