Undercover Behind Rebel Lines In Syria

Clarissa Ward with Salma Abdelaziz, CNN: The truth about Syria

Undercover behind rebel lines

Rebel-held Syria (CNN)There's a sickening moment between hearing the planes and waiting for them to drop their payload. A pit forms in your stomach. You know you could die, but you also know there's no way to divine where the strike will hit.

On a hill overlooking Ariha, our guard Abu Youssef seems to have located the jet in the sky and is following it with his eyes. "Russian planes," he says.

Suddenly he ducks. The sound of the explosion rings out with a "thwoomp."

Where the strike hit, there are other sounds. Sirens. People screaming for help. Rescue workers shouting for an ambulance. A woman wailing. Metal scraping against rubble as volunteers furiously try to dig people out of the debris. Survivors in this battered Syrian town cursing President Bashar al-Assad and his Russian supporters.

At the nearest hospital, some 10 miles away, still more sounds. Men arguing as they try to delicately move a gravely injured boy from the back of a car. Doctors shouting at people to get back. A family member weeping softly.

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Update: #UndercoverInSyria: Clarissa Ward reports from behind rebel lines (CNN)

WNU Editor: I am surprised that CNN is permitting Clarissa Ward to enter rebel held Syria. It is a place that is probably the most dangerous in the world today.