United Nations Says Unrest In Syria Amounts To Civil War -- New York Times
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The United Nations declared Thursday that Syria was in a state of civil war, as the death toll from nearly nine months of bloodshed rose to more than 4,000 people and more soldiers were reported to have defected from the army to join an armed uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.
The comments by the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, Navi Pillay, came as the Local Coordination Committees, an opposition group, said security forces killed at least 24 people across the country on Thursday.
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My Comment: I am not there yet .... but if this violence escalates with more troop defections .... and a liberated area of Syria becomes established .... I would have to say yes .... Syria is now in a state of civil war.
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