Video: Violence rises in Syria

Syrian security forces opened fire on a funeral, killing several anti-government protesters, witnesses said. Worse could be coming in Homs, Syria's third-largest city. NBC's Richard Engel reports.

>>> syria. the violent situation is rapidly deteriorating will. there are growing concerns that outside players are trying to take advantage of it now and growing fears for a real bloodbath as the regime pushes back hard. we have seen it before. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel is on the border between syria and turkey. he was able to join us via a small portable satellite dish. good evening.

>> reporter: good evening. the syrian opposition's immediate concern is a massacre in the city of homs which has been surrounded for over two weeks. it's been shelled from the outside. now the opposition worries that syrian troops will storm the center of the city. but the conflict in syria is no longer just a local affair. outside parties are becoming increasingly involved. russia, china, iran, hezbollah, iraqi shiite militia groups are all backing the syrian regime. russia has been arming the syrian government. the united states has been observing syria from drones, but u.s. officials say they don't see any clear options in this entrenched, bloody, proxy war .

>> richard, thanks.

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