Neil Connery

Correspondent Neil Connery has travelled to the city of Al-Qusayr, near Homs, where he has discovered that Syrian forces and tanks still occupy the area.

The first day of the United Nations brokered ceasefire in Syria has held. There was no bombardment by Syrian forces. However, U.N. envoy Kofi Annan says by failing to withdraw its troops and heavy weapons, Syria has not fully complied with the peace plan. ITV s Neil Connery has been monitoring the ceasefire from neighboring Beirut.

There's growing pressure for the General Mowaffak Joumaa, head of Syria's Olympic Committee, to be banned from coming to London for the Olympic Games. A close ally of President Bashar Al Assad, General Joumaa says he will be in London when the games begin in the Summer. ITV s Neil Connery reports.

Aug. 4: As the United Nations condemned Syrian President Assad's regime, troops pushed ever deeper into the city of Hama, where tanks now occupy the main square. ITN's Neil Connery reports.