Report: U.S. Drones Monitoring Syria Crackdown

U.S. military and intelligence drones are reportedly monitoring the Syrian military's deadly crackdown on opposition forces and protestors.

U.S. defense officials told NBC News' Jim Miklaszewski that "a good number" of unmanned drones are monitoring the activities of the Syrian regime.

They stressed that this surveillance is not in preparation for U.S. military intervention.

Rather, the Obama administration hopes to use the overhead visual evidence and intercepts of Syrian government and military communications in an effort to "make the case for a widespread international response," the officials told Miklaszewski.

Unlike in Libya, there has been no widespread international support for military intervention in the country.