Still odder is that FOXNBCMNS haven't put out any government inspired headlines claiming how false the report is.
After all they did post an article that covered the country in high detail as to the causalities. Other reports, be glad to give you the links, say that inside reports from Syria say no big violent demonstrations are going on in the stated neighborhoods. Video is a solid witness is it not (once it is verified and the individual identified)?
Not so odd that Syria is quiet if negotiations are underway with the French. Think how it will look if they have been missing long enough that the French should have reported them missing if they were 'innocent people'. Would you not not lose a lot of your leverage in behind closed doors negotiations if you blabbed to the news that you even had them in that they were in civilian clothes and on tape doing spy type stuff.
I checked the Syrian Papers this am - State and Private - as they all toe the party line - None had a report of this. Not one. I find that odd.