MIDDLE EAST - At 8:30 p.m. in a makeshift newsroom on the top floor of a nondescript building, Syrian news anchor Qutaiba Al-Khatib tapped away on his laptop, writing a script for a newscast.
The lead story: the killing in Houla of 108 civilians, including dozens of children, allegedly by supporters of the regime.Within hours, this secret broadcast operation had beamed news and videos on the massacre to Syrians and to points throughout the Arab world. Worldwide, the story dominates headlines.
